desynchrony

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noun

Any condition (such as jet lag) that results from a sudden change in an individual's established pattern of living

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Meanings

noundesynchrony (countable and uncountable, plural desynchronies)

plural desynchronies

  1. countableuncountableAny condition (such as jet lag) that results from a sudden change in an individual's established pattern of living

    Consistent with this hypothesis, recent work using a forced desynchrony model in rats demonstrates that SCN dissociation decreases the daily peak in luteinizing hormone and corticosterone secretion and alters the waveform of daily melatonin release.

    2015 June 23, Jennifer A. Evans et al., “Shell neurons of the master circadian clock coordinate the phase of tissue clocks throughout the brain and body”, in BMC Biology, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

From de- + synchrony.

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