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Published online 11 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070108-9
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Too early to bed, too early to rise
Geneticists track the cause behind early rising.
Society celebrates its early birds, but for an unlucky few, the internal alarm clock goes off much too early. Now, studies of early-rising mice have led researchers to change their view of how biological clocks tell time, and could ultimately lead to new treatments for people with sleep disorders.
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