Comments on: Cracking the body’s circadian code http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/cracking-the-bodys-circadian-code/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Joy http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/cracking-the-bodys-circadian-code/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Joy Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:27:35 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4728#comment-938 The researchers found that during the day, SCN cells expressing per1 sustain an electrically excited state but do not fire. They fire for a brief period around dusk, then remain quiet throughout the night before releasing another burst of activity around dawn. This firing pattern is the signal, or code, the brain sends to the rest of the body so it can keep time. The researchers found that during the day, SCN cells expressing per1 sustain an electrically excited state but do not fire. They fire for a brief period around dusk, then remain quiet throughout the night before releasing another burst of activity around dawn. This firing pattern is the signal, or code, the brain sends to the rest of the body so it can keep time.

]]> By: R.Will http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/cracking-the-bodys-circadian-code/comment-page-1/#comment-936 R.Will Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:12:24 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4728#comment-936 "So what was the pattern? Nothing? How is nothing a complex pattern? Something is missing?" My guess, for example: 1001000000000010000000000001000000001111110000000000 In other words, nothing (sequences of zero) is part of the pattern, but not the whole pattern ("1" occurs during some intervals. Presumably each binary digit is mapped to a time of day, with appropriate clustering indicating absence during some hours and presence during others with the overall assumption that the clustering on time is the pattern adverted to in the article. “So what was the pattern? Nothing? How is nothing a complex pattern? Something is missing?”

My guess, for example: 1001000000000010000000000001000000001111110000000000
In other words, nothing (sequences of zero) is part of the pattern, but not the whole pattern (“1″ occurs during some intervals.

Presumably each binary digit is mapped to a time of day, with appropriate clustering indicating absence during some hours and presence during others with the overall assumption that the clustering on time is the pattern adverted to in the article.

]]> By: emc2 http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/cracking-the-bodys-circadian-code/comment-page-1/#comment-906 emc2 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:38:10 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4728#comment-906 So what was the pattern? Nothing? How is nothing a complex pattern? Something is missing? So what was the pattern? Nothing? How is nothing a complex pattern? Something is missing?

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