The SCN is [primarily?] responsible for heaps of the Circadian Rhythm stuff. What is it?
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Sagittal Central Nucleus
SupraCentral Nucleus
Sagittal Cortical Nucleus
SupraCortical Nucleus
SupraChiasmal Nucleus
Sagittal Chiasmal Nucleus
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The CLOCK and BMAL1 genes are downregulated through negative feedback from which of the following?
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PER
CRY
RORa
CCGs
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Deepest sleep [normally] occurs at what time?
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12am
1am
2am
3am
4am
4:30am
6am
6:30am
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Jet lag results in a desynchrony between the sleep-wake cycle and the Melatonin rhythm on:
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Blood transcriptome
Plasma transcriptome
Renal transcriptome
Mitochondrial transcriptome
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Human circadian rhythm disorders that maintain a stable entrainment in relation to the 24-hour day-night cycle include:
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Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD)
Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder (ASPD)
Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
Irregular Sleep-Wake Rhythm (ISWR)
Shift Work Sleep Syndrome
Time Zone Change Syndrome
Free-Running Disorder (FRD)
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Free-Running Disorder (FRD) is:
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A progressive pattern of 1- to 2- hour delays in sleep onset and wake times
Temporally disorganised and variable episodes of sleeping and waking behaviour with short sleep periods of a few hours that are distributed randomly through the day and night
Somnambulism
Sleepwalking
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The endogenous cycle is how many hours?
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23
24
25
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Mutations in CLOCK or PER3 can result in Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD). This has been associated with metabolic & psychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, schizophrenia), but is also associated with which of the following:
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Extreme eveningness preference
Extreme morningness preference
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Treatments of human circadian rhythm disorders include:
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Timed melatonin administration
Phase resetting – bright light administration
Melatonin agonists
Toughening the fuck up
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Disruption of circadian rhythms can lead to:
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Metabolic Imbalance
Disruption in melatonin levels
Disruption in blood glucose levels
Insulin resistance
Crankiness
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True or false: Circadian rhythm disruptions have been linked to cancer.