Circadian Physiology
Assoc Professor David Kennaway
- Role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (the brain clock) in biological timekeeping; the role of neurotransmitters in cellular time keeping
- Mechanisms of action of the pineal gland hormone melatonin and its role in translocation of information about day length to the endocrine axis
- The effect of maternal drug administration and growth retardation on development of circadian rhythms
- Behavioural genetics and circadian rhythms
- How seasonal breeding animals time their annual reproductive activity, with particular reference to daily circadian timekeeping.
