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Circadian tuning of motivation. A little organ of yesterday?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

S. Daan
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The analysis of motivational systems underlying temporal organisation in animal behaviour has relied primarily on two conceptual functional frameworks: Homeostasis and biological clocks. Homeostasis is one of the most general and influential concepts in physiology. Walter Cannon introduced homeostasis as a universal regulatory principle which animals employ to maintain constancy of their ‘internal milieu’ in the face of challenges and perturbations from the external environment. Cannon spoke of “The Wisdom of the Body”, the collective of responses designed to defend the ideal internal state against those perturbations.

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homeostasisbiological clockscircadian rhythmspatterns of behaviourhomeostasebiologische klokcircadiane ritmiekgedragspatronen

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Research Article
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 21 - 23
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Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1995

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