The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...
TalTech scientists in collaboration with researchers from Rockefeller University have described a mechanism that acts like a built-in clock in brain cell development, ensuring that the right genes ...
Circadian clocks control physiological processes and behavior in virtually all living organisms. Now an international research team has created a detailed map of the internal clock in the brain of the ...
New UC Davis research shows how an internal circadian clock controls the opening of individual florets in concentric rings in the sunflower head. This helps attract pollinating insects. (Jason Spyres) ...
The plant growth hormone auxin is controlled by circadian rhythms within the plant, UC Davis researchers have found. The discovery explains how plants can time their growth to take advantage of ...
Circadian rhythm — the body's 'clock' — governs our sleep-wake cycle. Whether you are a morning person’ or a ‘night owl’ is a behavioral consequence of how your genes affect your 'body clock.' When ...
An internal circadian clock controls the distinctive concentric rings of flowering in sunflowers, maximizing visits from pollinators, a new study from plant biologists shows. An internal circadian ...