Chronic drinking can disrupt circadian rhythms

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 00:07 in Biology & Nature

Circadian clock genes are key to regulating physiological and behavioral activities. Animal studies have shown that chronic drinking can disrupt expression in these genes. A human study has found an association between deregulation of circadian clock genes and chronic drinking.

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