Explore: Physiological Aspects Of Rhythm

generating circadian rhythms. Among these physiological characteristics, the sleep–wake propensity can also be considered one of the daily rhythms regulated by

comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics, molecular biology and behavior of organisms related to their biological rhythms. Other aspects include epigenetics

the experimental elimination of behavioral—but not physiological—circadian rhythms in quail. What drove circadian rhythms to evolve has been an enigmatic

physiological functioning are biophysical and biochemical processes, homeostatic control mechanisms, and communication between cells. Physiological state

circasemidian rhythm is a physiological arousal cycle that peaks twice in a 24-hour day. It may also be called the semicircadian rhythm. Numerous studies

sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) is a brain wave. It is an oscillatory idle rhythm of synchronized electric brain activity. It appears in spindles in recordings of EEG

to have evolved independently in each kingdom. Many aspects of mammalian behavior and physiology show circadian rhythmicity, including sleep, physical

A chronotype is the behavioral manifestation of an underlying circadian rhythm's myriad of physical processes. A person's chronotype is the propensity

over a period of approximately 24 hours and maintains this rhythm in the absence of external stimuli is considered a circadian rhythm. It is believed

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