Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE)
22 episodes
2 weeks ago
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
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We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
Season 3 – Episode 2: City lights, country nights – Circadian rhythms in urban and rural life
Light O'Clock
33 minutes 19 seconds
6 months ago
Season 3 – Episode 2: City lights, country nights – Circadian rhythms in urban and rural life
How does life in cities versus rural areas shape our circadian rhythms? How does access to electricity — or the lack of it — impact sleep timing? And what happens to our circadian rhythms when we move from an urban setting to camping outside?
Our guest Luísa Klaus Pilz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) comments on field studies carried out when she was a PhD student and postdoc at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Laboratório de Cronobiologia e Sono - HCPA/UFRGS).
Links and resources related to the episode’s content
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29494-4
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.773969/full
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31522-6
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(00:44) Questions from a Londoner
(03:07) Guest introduction
(03:57) Why care about rural vs urban light?
(07:28) Sleep changes with urbanization
(09:40) The effects of electricity and artificial light
(10:49) Quilombola communities
(16:38) Metabolic health differences
(20:53) Rural occupations and light exposure
(24:00) Other differences in behaviour
(25:22) Adapting to a different environment
(28:27) Future research questions
(31:49) Outro
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Light O'Clock
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
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