Website review: Gene Controlling Circadian Rhythms ...
ketogah discovered this in Mental Health
•4 reviews since Apr 13, 2007
mental-health, medical-science, genetics
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ketogah discovered 13 months ago- This makes sense too...my circadian rhythms are off... from the page: "Disrupt the gene that regulates the biological clocks in mice and they become manic, exhibiting behaviors similar to humans with bipolar disorder, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. In a study available online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from UT Southwestern show that the Clock gene, which controls the body's circadian rhythms, may be integrally involved in the development of bipolar disorder. Circadian rhythms include the daily ups-and-downs of waking, eating and other processes such as body temperature, hormone levels, blood pressure and heart activity. "
- CowgirlEd rated 13 months ago
- Considering that we're told to make sure we stick to a regular sleeping and eating schedule with this illness, this makes a lot of sense to me. I'll definitely be sending this around to some people...
- spectrekitty rated 13 months ago
From the page: "'There's evidence suggesting that circadian genes may be involved in bipolar disorder,' said Dr. Colleen McClung, assistant professor of psychiatry and the study's senior author. 'What we've done is taken earlier findings a step further by engineering a mutant mouse model displaying an overall profile that is strikingly similar to human mania, which will give us the opportunity to study why people develop mania or bipolar disorder and how they can be treated.' "Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes dramatic shifts in a person's mood, energy and ability to function - much more severe than the normal ups and downs that most people experience. About 5.7 million American adults, or about 2.6 percent of the adult population, suffer from the psychiatric disorder."
