Study Reveals How the Body Clock Stays on Track Despite Temperature Changes
JAPAN, JUL 22 – Researchers at RIKEN identified waveform distortion as essential for stable 24-hour biological rhythms despite temperature changes, aiding understanding of sleep and aging issues.
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Study reveals how the body clock stays on track despite temperature changes
Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan have used theoretical physics to discover how our biological clock maintains a consistent 24-hour cycle-even as temperatures change.
Body clock keeps 24-hour rhythm by distorting gene activity in the heat
Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan have used theoretical physics to discover how our biological clock maintains a consistent 24-hour cycle—even as temperatures change.
Biological Clock Temperature Cycles Explained by Waveform Distortion
Most biochemical reactions accelerate as temperature increases, but our daily circadian rhythms, which are underlain by gene regulatory and biochemical networks, remain constant, even as temperatures rise. Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa, PhD, at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) used theoretical physics to discover how our biological clock maintains this consistent 24-hour cycle as temperature…
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How Your Body Clock Stays on Time Despite Temperature Changes
Researchers uncovered how our biological clocks keep a 24-hour rhythm even as temperatures fluctuate. Using physics-based models, they discovered that at higher temperatures, gene activity rhythms become distorted—rising faster and falling slower—to maintain the cycle’s duration.
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