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The Circadian Clock and Human Health

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Predictive Behavior Within Microbial Genetic Networks

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Molecular and phylogenetic analyses reveal mammalian-like clockwork in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and shed new light on the molecular evolution of the circadian clock

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Disturbed diurnal rhythm alters gene expression and exacerbates cardiovascular disease with rescue by resynchronization

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Links between circadian rhythms and psychiatric disease

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A role for androgens in regulating circadian behavior and the suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Field chronobiology of a molluscan bivalve: how the moon and sun cycles interact to drive oyster activity rhythms

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Introduction to Chronobiology

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Sleep- and circadian rhythm–associated pathways as therapeutic targets in bipolar disorder

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Circadian Rhythms in the CNS and Peripheral Clock Disorders: Role of the Biological Clock in Cardiovascular Diseases

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Minireview: NAD+, a Circadian Metabolite with an Epigenetic Twist

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Beyond Homeostasis: A Predictive-Dynamic Framework for Understanding Cellular Behavior

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Implications of tides for life on exoplanets

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The human habenula is responsive to changes in luminance and circadian rhythm

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Changes in and dorsal to the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus during early pregnancy

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Chronotype and Cancer: Emerging Relation Between Chrononutrition and Oncology from Human Studies

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Morning or Evening? An Examination of Circadian Rhythms of CS1 Students

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Impact of seasons and temperatures on the sleep-wake cycle in a French elderly rural population

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Dominant constraints on the evolution of rhythmic gene expression

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