List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Section I. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Circadian Pacemakers. The sixth C.U. Ariëns Kappers lecture. 1. The biological clock: it's all in the genes (J.S. Takahashi). 2. The genetic and molecular dissection of a prototypic circadian system (J.C. Dunlap et al). 3. The Drosophila genes timeless and period collaborate to promote cycles of gene expression composing a circadian pacemaker (M.W. Young). 4. Excitatory and inhibitory amino acids and synaptic transmission in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (A.N. van den Pol, G.J. Strecker, F.E. Dudek). 5. Astrocytes in the mammalian circadian clock: putative roles (J. Servière, M. Lavialle). 6. Circadian rhythms of neuropeptides in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (S.-I.T. Inouye). Section II. Entrainment of the Circadian Timing System. 7. Circadian rhythm generation, expression and entrainment in a molluscan model system (G.D. Block et al.). 8. Entrainment pathways and the functional organization of the circadian system (R.Y. Moore). 9. Regulation of entrainment pathways by the suprachiasmatic circadian clock: sensitivities to second messengers (M.U. Gillette). 10. Light entrainment and activation of signal transduction pathways in the SCN (J.M. Kornhauser et al.). 11. Entrainment of the circadian clock (M.H. Hastings et al.). 12. Light entrainment of the mammalian biological clock (J.H. Meijer et al.). 13. Regulation and integration in the mammalian circadian system (M.R. Ralph et al.). 14. The role of melatonin and light in the human circadian system (A.J. Lewy, R.L. Sack). 15. Perinatal development of human circadian rhythms (M. Mirmiran, S. Lunshof). Section III. Hypothalamic Integration of Circadian Rhythms. 16. The anatomical basis for the expression of circadian rhythms: the efferent projections of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (R.M. Buijs). 17. Electrophysiology of suprachiasmatic nucleus projections to hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons (M.L.H.J. Hermes, R.M. Buijs, L.P. Renaud). 18. SCN output drives the autonomic nervous system: with special reference to the autonomic function related to the regulation of glucose metabolism (K. Nagai et al.). 19. Rhythms of inhibitory and excitatory output from the circadian timing system as revealed by in vivo microdialysis (A. Kalsbeek, R.M. Buijs). 20. Circadian control of reproduction in the female rat (E.M. van der Beek). 21. A "clock for all seasons" in the human brain (T.A. Wehr). 22. Sleep regulation: relation to photoperiod, sleep duration, waking activity, and torpor (A.A. Borbély and I. Tobler). 23. Biological rhythms in the human life cycle and their relationship to functional changes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (D.F. Swaab et al.). 24. The suprachiasmatic nucleus: the biological clock of all seasons (P. Pévet et al). Subject Index.
