Scoping the Sciences

Biological Rhythms

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Biological rhythms are observed at all levels of living organisms, from photosynthesis in plants to the sleep-wake cycle in mammals. Biological rhythms can occur daily, monthly, or  seasonally.  Circadian rhythms are an important class of biological rhythms.  The length of circadian rhythms varies from species to species, but usually lasts approximately 24 hours. The suprachiamatic nucleus is located in the hypothalamus of the brain and is the circadian pacemaker in mammals. In the last thirty years, several significant gene discoveries have provided a greater understanding of the molecular basis of circadian rhythms.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts /  Selected publications / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides
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Touitou, Y. and E. Haus (eds.). Biologic rhythms in clinical and laboratory medicine.

QT 167 B565 1992

Chronotherapeutics.  Current Bibliographies in Medicine.  No. 86-18 January 1980 through December 1986.  National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.

INDEX STACKS

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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Friedman, Howard (ed.).  Encyclopedia of mental health. vol 1. p. 267-284; vol. 3 p. 513-518.

REF WM 13 M467 1998

Doctor, Ronald M.and Ada P. Kahn (eds).  The encyclopedia of phobias, fears, and anxieties. 2nd ed. p. 90; 128-129.

REF WM 13 D627 2000

Selected textbooks
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Refinetti, Roberto.  Circadian physiology.

QT 167 R434 2000

 

Arendt, J. et al (eds.). Biologic rhythms in clinical practice.

QT 167 B564 1989

 

Edmunds, Leland N.  Cellular and molecular bases of biological clocks : models and mechanisms for circadian timekeeping.

QP 84.6 E35 1988

 

Klein, David C. et al (eds.). Suprachiasmatic nucleus: the mind's clock.

WL 312 S863 1991

 

Wetterberg, L. (ed.).  Light and biological rhythms in man.

QT 162 .L5 L53 1993

Johnson, Laverne C., et al (eds) . Biological rhythms, sleep and shift work.

QT 167 B56 1981

 

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Circadian Rhythm
	Biological Clocks
	Periodicity
	Chronobiology
	Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Selected online journals

Journal of circadian rhythms 

Journal of interdisciplinary cycle research.

Sleep.

Chronobiologia.

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Biological Clocks  - Periodicals
	Circadian Rhythm - Periodicals
	Periodicity  - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  For this topic, you might try the following databases:

• Academic Search Elite
• Academic Search Premier
• Basic BIOSIS
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• Ebsco Health Source: Consumer Edition
• ERIC
• Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database
• Newspaper Source

Suggested search terms:	Biological Clocks
	Circadian Rhythm
	Chronobiology
	Periodicity
	Activity Cycles
	Time Factors
	Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm
	Jet Lag Syndrome
	Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Selected Publications

Scientific

Oren,T and Terman, M. Tweaking the Human Circadian Clock with Light. Science 16 January 1998:Vol. 279. no. 5349, pp. 333 - 334
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/279/5349/333

More reference sources
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Martin, Richard J.(ed).  Nocturnal asthma: mechanisms and treatment.

WF 553 N627 1993

 

Schmidt, T.F.H., et al (eds).  Temporal variations of the cardiovascular system.

WG 202 T456 1992

 

Shafii, Mohammad,  et al (eds).  Biological rhythms, mood disorders, light therapy and the pineal gland.

WM 171 B564 1990

 

Halaris, Angelos (ed).  Chronobiology and psychiatric disorders.

QT 167 C47 1987

Lecomte du NoSuy, P.  Biological Time.

QH 331 L32 1937

Specialized sources

Advances in sleep research. Check Rowland Medical Library Catalog for call numbers.

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. 601-984-5803.

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Howard P. Roffwarg, MD hroffwarg@psychiatry.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Center for Biological Timing

http://www.cbt.virginia.edu

 

Society for Research on Biological Rhythms

http://www.srbr.org

Society for Neuroscience

http://www.sfn.org/briefings/bio_clocks.html

Author:  Sarah Adcock
Copyright 2000 (Rev 2006 by LMYoung)
Reference Department,
Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson