TY - JOUR
T1 - The week, inherited in neonatal human twins, found also in geomagnetic pulsations in isolated Antarctica.
AU - Cornélissen, G.
AU - Engebretson, M.
AU - Johnson, D.
AU - Otsuka, K.
AU - Burioka, N.
AU - Posch, J.
AU - Halberg, F.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - About 7-day (circaseptan) components, found at different levels of organization, notably in relation to growth, regeneration, repair and development, are often viewed as reflecting no more than the 7-day societal schedule, ample evidence for a built-in feature notwithstanding. Herein, we resolve circaseptans in geomagnetic pulsations recorded by a stand-alone magnetometer residing in Antarctica, far away from societal influences. Human physiological data, collected in the neonatal intensive care unit, show by intra-class correlation analysis that the nonlinearly assessed circaseptan period of heart rate, diastolic blood pressure and body weight is more similar between same-gender twins than among twin pairs, lending additional support for the endogenicity of circaseptans. Like circadians, about-weekly features in environmental variables such as geomagnetic pulsations were genetically acquired in the course of evolution.
AB - About 7-day (circaseptan) components, found at different levels of organization, notably in relation to growth, regeneration, repair and development, are often viewed as reflecting no more than the 7-day societal schedule, ample evidence for a built-in feature notwithstanding. Herein, we resolve circaseptans in geomagnetic pulsations recorded by a stand-alone magnetometer residing in Antarctica, far away from societal influences. Human physiological data, collected in the neonatal intensive care unit, show by intra-class correlation analysis that the nonlinearly assessed circaseptan period of heart rate, diastolic blood pressure and body weight is more similar between same-gender twins than among twin pairs, lending additional support for the endogenicity of circaseptans. Like circadians, about-weekly features in environmental variables such as geomagnetic pulsations were genetically acquired in the course of evolution.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11774867
SN - 0753-3322
VL - 55 Suppl 1
JO - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
JF - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
ER -