The food-energy cellular connection revealed
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 13:35
in Biology & Nature
Our body's activity levels fall and rise to the beat of our internal drums -the 24-hour cycles that govern fundamental physiological functions, from sleeping and feeding patterns to the energy available to our cells. Whereas the master clock in the brain is set by light, the pacemakers in peripheral organs are set by food availability. The underlying molecular mechanism was unknown.