Biological rhythms RESEARCH 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyBiological rhythmsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: FrankieCreated on: 07-06-16 13:42 92537106148 Across 1. Pigeons deprived of sleep with no significant consequences (10) 5. Jet lag: supports schwartz, analysis of baseball teams, east to west teams won 44% of games, west to east won 37% (4, 2, 2) 7. Sleep walking: insufficient GABA, examined motor excitability in adults, sleep walkers showed signs of immaturity (7) 8. Jet lag: usefulness of melatonin in treating jet lag, most effective when taken later than earlier (3 days later compared to three days before) (6, 2, 2) 9. Infradian rhythms: woman spent 3 months in a cave, her cycle shortened to 25.7 days and took 18 months to return to normal (8) 10. Marathon runners slept 1 and 1/2 hours longer for 2 nights after their marathon, 45% sws compared to 25% (8) Down 2. destroyed hypothalamus cells in rats, reducing the production of hypocretic (13) 3. Circadian rhythms: removed hamsters SCN, their rhythms disappeared. Transplanted SCN tissue restored their rhythms (6) 4. Sleep walking: related to HLA gene, 50% of sleepwalkers have the gene compared to 24% of non sleepwalkers (8) 6. Insomnia: longitudinal study, 1000 children from birth, a correlation between family conflict (9-18) and insomnia (7)
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