title: Circadian biology: the early bird catches the morning shift.
abstract: Shift work misaligns the environment and the body's internal clock. A new study suggests that this 'social jet lag' can be remedied by a 'personalized schedule', an intervention that may help reduce circadian misalignment and pathologies in shift workers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. Electronic address: klgamble@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gamble
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D014851:Wakefulness; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*