An Introduction to Biological Rhythms

PrefaceBiographical Sketch of Frank A. Brown, Jr.Biographical Sketch of Leland N. Edmunds, Jr.1 Introduction to Biological Rhythms, Their Properties, and Clock Control Tidal, Daily, and Annual Rhythms Rudimentary Terminology Properties of Clock-Controlled Rhythms The Coupling Unit Master or Multiple Clocks Summary and Conclusions Selected Readings2 A Survey of Rhythms in Plants and Animals Plants Animals Summary and Conclusions Selected Readings3 Tidal (Bimodal Lunar-Day) Rhythms A Survey of Tidal Rhythms Determination of Phase Summary and Conclusions Selected Readings4 Human Rhythms Rhythms in Alcohol Metabolism Rhythms in Pain Tolerance Man as an Experimental Subject Sleep-Wakefulness Rhythms Temperature and Performance Rhythms Rhythmic Moods Cell Division Rhythms Heart-Rate Rhythms Rhythms in Renal Processes Rhythms in Birth and Death Rates Rhythmic Sensitivity to Allergens and Drugs The Effect of a 10 Hz Electric Field on Human Rhythms Longitudinal Travel and Biological Rhythms Shift Work Monthly Rhythms Summary and Conclusion Selected Readings5 Clock Compensated Animal Orientation Sun-Compass Orientation Star-Compass Orientation Moon-Compass Orientation Summary and Conclusions Selected Readings6 The Clock Control of Plant and Animal Photoperiodism Plants Animals Summary and Conclusions Selected Readings7 Evidence for External Timing of Biological Clocks Comparison of the Internal and External Hypotheses Rhythms in the Fiddler Crab Translocation Experiment with Oysters Statistical Analysis of Time Series On the Absence of Constant Conditions Responsiveness to Very Weak Magnetic Fields Responsiveness to Very Weak Electric Fields Responsiveness to Background Radiation Geoelectromagnetic Fields and "Clocks" Lability of the Rhythmic Cycles Phase Maps and Phase Dissociation Solar-Day and Lunar-Day Rhythms Autophasing Geophysically Dependent Rhythms Precision of Solar-Day Cycles Propensity for Lunar Periodisms Annual Rhythms External Timing as a Scientific Hypothesis General Conclusions Summary Selected Readings8 Models and Mechanisms for Endogenous Timekeeping Introduction Formal Models for an Autonomous Clock Cellular and Biochemical Clock Mechanisms The Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Timing Problem Summary and Conclusions Selected ReadingsGlossaryIndex