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Loss of circadian clock accelerates aging in neurodegeneration-prone mutants.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Mar 2012
Krishnan Natraj, Rakshit Kuntol, Chow Eileen S, Wentzell Jill S, Kretzschmar Doris, Giebultowicz Jadwiga M
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Circadian clocks generate rhythms in molecular, cellular, physiological, and behavioral processes. Recent studies suggest that disruption of the clock mechanism accelerates organismal senescence and age-related pathologies in mammals. Impaired circadian rhythms are observed in many neurological diseases; however, it is not clear whether loss of rhythms is the cause or result of neurodegeneration, or both. To...
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