Accession Number:

ADA564079

Title:

Modeling the Physiology of Circadian Timekeeping

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Feb 2008-31 May 2011

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF MATHEMATICS

Personal Author(s):

• Forger, Daniel

Report Date:

2011-08-31

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

This young investigator award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to Daniel Forger played a pivotal role in his career. Many discoveries were made and are described in over 10 published papers or manuscripts in preparation. Some research highlights include 1 discovering that timekeeping in mammals is more complex than originally thought, 2 discovering on how to optimally stimulate neuronal and in particular the circadian systems and 3 mathematical methods for studying biological clocks. Forger remains very grateful to the AFOSR for the opportunity to perform this work.

Descriptors:

• *BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
• *MAMMALS
• *MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
• NERVE CELLS
• SLEEP

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE