Sex differences in circadian rhythms
JC Walton, JR Bumgarner… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2022•cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Sex as a biological variable is the focus of much literature and has been emphasized by the
National Institutes of Health, in part, to remedy a long history of male-dominated studies in
preclinical and clinical research. We propose that time-of-day is also a crucial biological
variable in biomedical research. In common with sex differences, time-of-day should be
considered in analyses and reported to improve reproducibility of studies and to provide the
appropriate context to the conclusions. Endogenous circadian rhythms are present in …
National Institutes of Health, in part, to remedy a long history of male-dominated studies in
preclinical and clinical research. We propose that time-of-day is also a crucial biological
variable in biomedical research. In common with sex differences, time-of-day should be
considered in analyses and reported to improve reproducibility of studies and to provide the
appropriate context to the conclusions. Endogenous circadian rhythms are present in …
Sex as a biological variable is the focus of much literature and has been emphasized by the National Institutes of Health, in part, to remedy a long history of male-dominated studies in preclinical and clinical research. We propose that time-of-day is also a crucial biological variable in biomedical research. In common with sex differences, time-of-day should be considered in analyses and reported to improve reproducibility of studies and to provide the appropriate context to the conclusions. Endogenous circadian rhythms are present in virtually all living organisms, including bacteria, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Virtually all physiological and behavioral processes display daily fluctuations in optimal performance that are driven by these endogenous circadian clocks; importantly, many of those circadian rhythms also show sex differences. In this review, we describe some of the documented sex differences in circadian rhythms.
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