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The Neuroscience of Circadian Rhythm: Master your Body Clock with Russell Foster
Today I’m talking nerdy with Professor Russell Foster about the neuroscience of circadian rhythm. In this conversation we’re diving into the relationship between light and your body clock, how your body transforms light information into electrochemical information, why melatonin is NOT the driver of sleep, the impact of circadian rhythm disruption on physical, mental, and emotional health, and some of Russell’s evidence-based recommendations to reset your own body clock.
Professor Russell Foster is the Head of Oxford’s Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the founder and Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute. His research addresses how circadian rhythms and sleep are generated and regulated and what happens when these systems fail because of societal pressures, ageing and disease. A key finding has been his discovery and characterisation of an unrecognised light-detecting system within the eye that regulates circadian rhythms and sleep. Professor Foster has published over 300 scientific papers and has received multiple national and international awards, including most recently the “Daylight Prize”. He has co-written four popular science books and his fifth with Penguin entitled Life Time was published in May 2022 and is a best-seller in both hard-and paperback. He is currently working on a new book about the role of light on the biology of humans, other animals and plants.
Before you dive in, I would love it if you could hit pause and leave us a 5 star review and a written review on whatever platform you’re listening on. In doing so, you help get this podcast into the ears and brains of more people like you.
Episode Resources:
Get Russell’s book Life Time here
Learn more about the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute here
For more interviews with Russell click on the following:
Desert Island Discs
Life Scientific
In Our Time
Start the Week
Just One Thing
Apply for a 1:1 Coaching Conversation with Alex here
TALK NERDY ON INSTAGRAM
LEARN MORE: www.alexnashton.com
Join Alex's free challenge: 5 Days to Overcome Anxiety
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By Alex NashtonToday I’m talking nerdy with Professor Russell Foster about the neuroscience of circadian rhythm. In this conversation we’re diving into the relationship between light and your body clock, how your body transforms light information into electrochemical information, why melatonin is NOT the driver of sleep, the impact of circadian rhythm disruption on physical, mental, and emotional health, and some of Russell’s evidence-based recommendations to reset your own body clock.
Professor Russell Foster is the Head of Oxford’s Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the founder and Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute. His research addresses how circadian rhythms and sleep are generated and regulated and what happens when these systems fail because of societal pressures, ageing and disease. A key finding has been his discovery and characterisation of an unrecognised light-detecting system within the eye that regulates circadian rhythms and sleep. Professor Foster has published over 300 scientific papers and has received multiple national and international awards, including most recently the “Daylight Prize”. He has co-written four popular science books and his fifth with Penguin entitled Life Time was published in May 2022 and is a best-seller in both hard-and paperback. He is currently working on a new book about the role of light on the biology of humans, other animals and plants.
Before you dive in, I would love it if you could hit pause and leave us a 5 star review and a written review on whatever platform you’re listening on. In doing so, you help get this podcast into the ears and brains of more people like you.
Episode Resources:
Get Russell’s book Life Time here
Learn more about the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute here
For more interviews with Russell click on the following:
Desert Island Discs
Life Scientific
In Our Time
Start the Week
Just One Thing
Apply for a 1:1 Coaching Conversation with Alex here
TALK NERDY ON INSTAGRAM
LEARN MORE: www.alexnashton.com
Join Alex's free challenge: 5 Days to Overcome Anxiety