Summary
This doctoral thesis examines how molecular oscillations in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) translate into electrical activity patterns and ultimately drive behavioral circadian rhythms. Understanding these mechanistic links is foundational for designing lighting interventions that effectively entrain biological clocks in clinical and workplace settings.
Categories
Sleep & Circadian Health: This thesis investigates the molecular, electrical, and behavioral rhythms of the biological clock, directly relevant to understanding circadian entrainment mechanisms.
The Science of Light: The work links photoreceptor and molecular biology to behavioral circadian outputs, informing the scientific basis of light-driven clock regulation.
Author(s)
JR Jones
Publication Year
2015
Related Publications
Sleep & Circadian Health
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- The twoāprocess model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors
The Science of Light
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- Color appearance models
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice