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Circadian Dyschronism and Chronotypic Ecophilia as Factors in Aging and Longevity

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Aging and Biological Rhythms

Part of the book series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ((AEMB,volume 108))

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By “circadian dyschronism” we mean the absence of a strong daily rhythm in an organism where normally one is found (Halberg, 1973; Ehret and Dobra, 1976). Ecophilia (from ekos, home, and philia, liking) means satisfaction with one’s immediate environment (Meinert et al., 1975). But the warm-loving thermophiles and sun-loving photophiles of this world display the constancy of fickle lovers; their affections are usually turned on and off in a temporal fashion that is circadian and chronotypic — that is to say time-of-day dependent or, more precisely (and whether they “know it” or not), dependent upon the phase of the organism’s circadian cell cycle (Bunning, 1973; Ehret, 1974; Ehret et al., 1977).

Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy

We wish to dedicate this paper to the memory of Philip K. Wrigley, sportsman and octogenarian (1894-1977), whose philanthropic concerns for urban neighborhoods included preservation of the national oasis for daytime-only baseball at Wrigley Field in Chicago, thereby setting examples in chronotypic ecophilia and resource conservation for players, spectators, and concerned citizens alike.

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    Charles F. Ehret, Kenneth R. Groh & John C. Meinert

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Ehret, C.F., Groh, K.R., Meinert, J.C. (1978). Circadian Dyschronism and Chronotypic Ecophilia as Factors in Aging and Longevity. In: Samis, H.V., Capobianco, S. (eds) Aging and Biological Rhythms. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, vol 108. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4460-6_8

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