Body clock breakthroughs

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Study of circadian rhythms contribute to a better understanding of sleep and other neurological disorders that result from circadian dysfunction.

Chemical screen technique, likely to be very productive in revealing novel aspects of clock mechanisms, function and circadian disease therapeutics.

http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57861

Posttranscriptional clock regulators.

Circadian oscillator in the absence of gene transcription

http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57960

The role of glial astrocytes in circadian rhythms and sleep disorders.

http://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/rising-star-brain-found-regulate-circadian-rh

Dr John O'Neill, from the University of Cambridge, outlines the significance of the findings.

“Clock genes” are not solely responsible for our body clock

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9377000/9377718.stm

Also on the subject of “Glia” –

Emerging Importance of Neuron-Satellite Glia Interactions within

Trigeminal Ganglia in Craniofacial Pain

http://www.rsds.org/3/research/glia_workshop/pdf/TGN.PDF

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