circadian clock

collocation in English

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circadian
adjective
uk /sɜːˈkeɪ.di.ən/ us /sɝːˈkeɪ.di.ən/
used to describe the processes in animals and plants that happen naturally during a ...
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clock
noun
uk /klɒk/ us /klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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Examples of circadian clock

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Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadianclock.
Rather, light acts indirectly by modulating the output of the circadianclock.
A circadianclock in the fish retina regulates dopamine release via activation of melatonin receptors.
This suggests that a developmental pleiotropy that is not based on the circadianclock, but which involves the per locus, is mediating these pre-adult phenotypes.
Three period homologs in mammals : differential light responses in the suprachiasmatic circadianclock and oscillating transcripts outside of brain.
Zebrafish visual sensitivity is regulated by a circadianclock.
Negative feedback defines a circadianclock : autoregulation of the clock gene frequency.
These changes may be circadian and independent of light, independent of circadian clocks and regulated by light, or regulated by a circadianclock and light.
Dopamine affects both melatonin production and the retinal circadianclock.
Limulus photoreceptors are unique in that they are the only well-characterized opsin-based photoreceptors that do not contain their own internal circadianclock.
Under these conditions, the extent of tracer coupling was similar during the subjective day and subjective night and thus was not affected by the retinal circadianclock.
Circadian changes do not require light, but it is not known to what extent light can influence photoreceptor functions in the absence of signals from a circadianclock.
Circadianclock functions localized in xenopus retinal photoreceptors.
Melatonin directly resets the rat suprachiasmatic circadianclock in vitro.
Photic entrainment of the circadianclock is also critical in maintaining appropriate temporal relationships among separate physiological events occurring throughout the day and the circadian cycle.
Photoreceptor gene expression could be influenced directly by light-driven biochemical cascades or light could exer t its influence indirectly by modulating the output of a circadianclock.
Biological rhythms, including cycles related to sleep and wakefulness, mood, and cognitive performance, are synchronized with the body's internal circadianclock.
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It is thought that sufferers have a weak circadianclock.
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