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SUBMITTER: Behn C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7139848 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20200322 6
Previous results evidenced acute exposure to high altitude (HA) weakening the relation between daily melatonin cycle and the respiratory quotient. This review deals with the threat extreme environments pose on body time order, particularly concerning energy metabolism. Working at HA, at poles, or in space challenge our ancestral inborn body timing system. This conflict may also mark many aspects of our current lifestyle, involving shift work, rapid time zone crossing, and even prolonged office w ...[more]