Meet the editor

Pavol Svorc, Associate Professor of Normal and Patological Physiology, Doctor of the Natural Sciences, Philosophe Doctor, works at the Medical Faculty, Šafarik's University, in Košice. From 2011 until 2014 was Head of the Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is a member of the committee for Human Physiology and Patophysiology in Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin and of

the committee for Neuroscience in the Medical Faculty in Ostrava. Currently, he is a visiting associate professor in the Medical Faculty in Ostrava, Ostrava University. His research focuses on chronobiology of the cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous system, and anesthesia. He has authored several international journal articles and book chapters, and participated in 129 conferences and workshops worldwide.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Pavol Švorc*

Chronobiology and Its General Perspectives *by Mohammad Rayees Dar and Abdul Roof Rather*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

and Practical Implementation

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Introductory Chapter: Chronobiology - The Science of Biological Time Structure

Time Structure of the Functional Organization of Living System **13**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 21**

Chronobiology of the Cardiovascular System **37**

**Chapter 4 39**

Chronobiology of the Autonomic Nervous System **49**

**Chapter 5 51** Circadian Rhythms of the Autonomic Nervous System: Scientific Implication

*by Marc N. Jarczok, Harald Guendel, Jennifer J. McGrath and Elisabeth M. Balint*

*by Izawa Junko, Yoshimi Okamoto-Uchida, Akari Nishimura and Jun Hirayama*

Light-Dependent Regulation of Circadian Clocks in Vertebrates

Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents *by Anastasiia Ledyaeva, Sergey Klauchek and Mikhail Ledyaev*
