Circadian Clocks: Role in Health and Disease

1. Introduction to Circadian Rhythms and Mechanisms of Circadian Oscillations
David R. Weaver

2. The Circadian Timing System and Endocrine Physiology
Michael T. Sellix

3. Circadian Regulation of Sleep
Kazuo Mishima

4. The Human SCN in Health and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Postmortem Observations
Ai-Min Bao, Dick F. Swaab

5. Mammalian Circadian Clocks and Metabolism: Navigating Nutritional Challenges in a Rhythmic World
Jeremy J. Stubblefield, Carla B. Green

6. Circadian Regulation of Renal Function
Kristen Solocinski, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Michelle L. Gumz

7. Circadian Rhythms and the Circadian Clock in the Cardiovascular System
R. Daniel Rudic

8. The Cardiac Clock
Faisal J. Alibhai, Elena V. Tsimakouridze, Cristine J. Reitz, W. Glen Pyle, Tami A. Martino

9. Regulation of Immunity by the Circadian Clock
Alba Juan, David Druzd, Louise Ince, Christoph Scheiermann

10. Rhythms in the Digestive System
David B. Rhoads, Lynne L. Levitsky, Ali Tavakkoli

11. Chronotherapy of Blood Pressure Medications to Improve Management of Hypertension and Reduce Vascular Risk
Ramón C. Hermida, Diana E. Ayala, Michael H. Smolensky, Francesco Portaluppi

12. The Circadian Clock as a Drug Target
Sadichha Situala, Ariadna Amador, Thomas P. Burris

Keywords: Biomedicine, Human Physiology, Medical Biochemistry, Nephrology, Cardiology, Psychiatry