desynchrony
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desynchrony (countable and uncountable, plural desynchronies)
- Any condition (such as jet lag) that results from a sudden change in an individual's established pattern of living
- 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[1], volume 13, :
- 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.