biological rhythm
11biological time — noun the time of various biological processes • Hypernyms: ↑time • Hyponyms: ↑circadian rhythm, ↑menopause, ↑climacteric, ↑change of life, ↑gestation, ↑gestation period, ↑ …
12biological clock — An endogenous physiological rhythm, such as metabolic or behavioural rhythmical changes; see circadian …
13Circadian rhythm — Circadian redirects here. For the album by the rock band 5th Projekt, see Circadian (album). Some features of the human circadian biological clock A circadian rhythm, popularly referred to as body clock, is an endogenously driven, roughly 24 hour …
14infradian rhythm — a biological rhythm with a periodicity longer than 28 hours or with a frequency less than one cycle per 24 hour, e.g. lunar and seasonal rhythms …
15Circadian rhythm sleep disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G47.2 ICD 9 327.3 …
16Mu rhythm — (μ rhythm) is a kind of brain wave rhythm measured using Electroencephalography that has a maximal amplitude of somatosensory cortices at rest. It is also called arciform rhythm because of the shape of the waveforms. Description Usually… …
17Light effects on circadian rhythm — Numerous organisms maintain inherent individual rhythms to biological processes, known as circadian rhythms, that assist the organism in maintaining functional periodicity relative to the 24 hour day/night cycle of the earth. These rhythms are… …
18circadian rhythm — Inherent cycle of approximately 24 hours in length that appears to control or initiate various biological processes, including sleep, wakefulness, and digestive and hormonal activity. The natural signal for the circadian pattern is the change… …
19Circasemidian rhythm — Numerous studies have demonstrated that human circadian rhythms in many measures of performance and physiological activity actually have a 2 peak daily (circasemidian) pattern.[1][2][3] The name, circasemidian, is based upon the Latin words circa …
20Social rhythm therapy — Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (ISRT) or simply Social rhythm therapy is a type of behavioral therapy used to treat the disruption in circadian rhythms that is related to bipolar disorder. ISRT provides a biopsychosocial model for bipolar… …
