Browsing by Author "Shea, Steven Andrew"
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Fractal Patterns of Neural Activity Exist within the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Require Extrinsic Network Interactions
Hu, Kun; Meijer, Johanna H.; Shea, Steven Andrew; vanderLeest, Henk Tjebbe; Pittman-Polletta, Benjamin Rafael; Houben, Thijs; van Oosterhout, Floor; Deboer, Tom; Scheer, Frank A.J.L. (Public Library of Science, 2012)The mammalian central circadian pacemaker (the suprachiasmatic nucleus, SCN) contains thousands of neurons that are coupled through a complex network of interactions. In addition to the established role of the SCN in ... -
The Internal Circadian Clock Increases Hunger and Appetite in the Evening Independent of Food Intake and Other Behaviors
Scheer, Frank A.J.L.; Morris, Christopher J.; Shea, Steven A. (2013)Objective: Despite the extended overnight fast, paradoxically, people are typically not ravenous in the morning and breakfast is typically the smallest meal of the day. Here we assessed whether this paradox could be explained ... -
The nature of sleep examined via the science of sleep
Hussain, Mohammad V; Shea, Steven Andrew (Dove Medical Press, 2011) -
Noninvasive fractal biomarker of clock neurotransmitter disturbance in humans with dementia
Hu, Kun; Harper, David G.; Shea, Steven A.; Stopa, Edward G.; Scheer, Frank A. J. L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2013)Human motor activity has a robust, intrinsic fractal structure with similar patterns from minutes to hours. The fractal activity patterns appear to be physiologically important because the patterns persist under different ... -
Wake up to insomnia: future approaches to the management of insomnia
Hussain, Mohammad Tahir; Shea, Steven Andrew (Dove Medical Press, 2011)