Abstract:Diurnal environmental factors (zeitgebers 1 ) set the circadian clock in an antagonistic way: The body clock is tuned forward in the morning, while the same factor late in the day puts the body clock back to a later time-point: Morning light, for example, reduces the clockeffective light-reception (zeitnehmer 2 ) by shifting the expression of the circadian, light-processing, molecular machinery more into the late, light-less night. Evening light does the same by a backward-shift, respectively. The balance betw… Show more
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