How Your Body’s Internal Clock Might Be Messing With Your Sleep
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Your body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm, regulates your sleep patterns. But what happens when your internal clock gets out of sync? Listen now to learn more.
Inside your brain is something like a master clock that all other biological clocks sync up to. This master clock is called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and it’s made up of around just 20,000 neurons arranged in two tiny wing-like structures nestled inside your hypothalamus. The hypothalamus plays a big role in releasing hormones and controlling appetite, among other things, so the suprachiasmatic nucleus’ place here makes sense if it’s going to be in charge of keeping your body clock synchronized. But it’s not run by gears or bits in a computer, it’s run by biological processes. In the suprachiasmatic nucleus there are proteins produced on a negative feedback loop.
How Your Body’s Internal Clock Might Be Messing With Your Sleep
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