Endocrine Abstracts

The mammalian circadian timing system influences most physiology, including sleep-wake cycles, cardiovascular activity, body temperature, renal plasma flow, intestinal peristaltic, metabolism, xenobiotic detoxification, and many endocrine functions. Circadian pacemakers were originally believed to exist only in a few specialized cell types, such as neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). However, this view has been challenged by the discovery that self-sustained and cell...