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A study by researchers at the Chronobiology Laboratory and the Department of Computer and Systems at the University of Murcia has developed a tool that assesses the occurrence of alterations in the mechanisms of agency timing.
So far there were no reliable tools that would measure the loss of the internal temporal order, an issue of great importance when alterations of biological rhythms responsible for diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer.
Laboratory researchers have finalized a methodological approach that has not been used previously and provides the tools needed to evaluate and standardize the functional state of the circadian system or biological rhythm.
Chronobiology Laboratory using this method in the clinic for evaluation of the circadian system in relation to aging, aging of biological rhythms in infants, in patients with colorectal cancer, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension.
The study, led by Professor Juan Antonio Madrid and which involved Elizabeth Ortiz, Antonio Martínez, and Manuel Campos Role Angeles, has been published in the prestigious open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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