Circadian Rhythms and Their Impact on Aging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jazwinski, S. Michal (Editor), Belancio, Victoria P. (Editor), Hill, Steven M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity, 7
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Cell physiology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cell Physiology.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.

This book examines the role of circadian rhythms in aging, an emerging area of biology.  Although implicated in aging and longevity for over forty years, the richness of the ways in which the circadian system impacts aging has become evident only more recently.  The circadian system consists of a ce...