Articles by author - Birgit Koch

Chronomedicine: an old concept's fledging? A selective literature search.

Erren T, Koch M, Groß J, Kämmerer-Cruchon S, Fuchs A, Pinger A, Reiter R.

Historical Article 2012; 33(4): 357-360 PubMed PMID: 22936255  Keywords:  Chronobiology Discipline:history, Chronobiology Disorders, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Terminology as Topic,.    Citation

: Chronomedicine may be conceptualized as dealing with the prevention, causation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in humans with a pa.....

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A possible role of perinatal light in mood disorders and internal cancers: reconciliation of instability and latitude concepts.

Erren T, Koch M, Gross J, Reiter R, Meyer-Rochow V.

Journal Article 2012; 33(3): 314-317 PubMed PMID: 22635091  Keywords:  Adult, Child, Child Development, Circadian Rhythm, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Light, Mood Disorders:epidemiology, Neoplasms:epidemiology, Photoperiod, Seasons,.    Citation

: Thought-provoking experimental evidence suggests that perinatal light exposure may imprint circadian clocks with lasting effects on the .....

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The role of renal function loss on circadian misalignment of cytokines EPO, IGF-1, IL-6 and TNF-alfa in chronic renal disease.

van der Putten K, Koch B, van Someren E, Wielders J, Ter Wee P, Nagtegaal E, Gaillard C.

Journal Article 2011; 32(2): 148-153 PubMed PMID: 21552189  Keywords:  Aged, Biomarkers:blood, Chronic Disease, Circadian Rhythm:physiology, Erythropoietin:blood, Female, Glomerular Filtration Rate:physiology, Hemoglobins:metabolism, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:metabolism, Interleukin-6:blood, Kidney:physiopathology.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Chronic inflammation plays a pivotal role in the development of renal disease. Circadian sleep-wake rhythm is disturbed in rena.....

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