Integrative Biology C143A Biological Clocks: Physiology and Behavior

Description : A consideration of the biological clocks that generate daily, lunar, seasonal and annual rhythms in various animals including people. Emphasis on neuroendocrine substrates, development and adaptive significance of estrous cycles, feeding rhythms, sleep-wakefulness cycles, reproductive and hibernation cycles, body weight and migratory cycles.
Cross Listed Course: PSYCH C113
Expected Enrollment: 30