Western Slope Skies: Circadian Rhythm Part 4: Treatments
About this episode
This episode discusses circadian rhythm disorders and their impact on sleep.
Remember nights when you tossed and turned, desperately trying to get some sleep? I think we can all relate. Circadian rhythm disorders, known as chronodisruption, arise when the body’s internal clock—governed by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus—falls out of sync with environmental light-dark cycles.
More episodes of Western Slope Skies
- Western Slope Skies - Circadian Rhythm Part 5: Living Systems
- Western Slope Skies - Circadian Rhythm Part 3: Pathophysiology
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