RESETTING OF THE RAT CIRCADIAN CLOCK AFTER A SHIFT IN THE LIGHT DARK CYCLE DEPENDS ON THE PHOTOPERIOD
RESETTING OF THE RAT CIRCADIAN CLOCK AFTER A SHIFT IN THE LIGHT DARK CYCLE DEPENDS ON THE PHOTOPERIOD
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DOI:
10.1016/0168-0102(92)90095-t
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发表时间:
1992-03-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ILLNEROVA, H
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作者:
HUMLOVA, M;ILLNEROVA, H
Adjustment of the circadian clock to shifts in the light/dark (LD) cycle was assessed from the rat pineal N-acetyltransferase (NAT) rhythm which is controlled by a pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Re-entrainment to an 8-h delay in the LD cycle took more than 3 days in rats maintained under a regime with 18 h of light and 6 h of darkness per day (LD 18:6) whereas it was completed within 3 days in those maintained under LD 12:12. Re-entrainment to an advance in the LD cycle proceeded through a transient diminution or almost disappearance of the NAT rhythm amplitude following a 5-h, 3-h and even a mere 2-h advance shift under LD 18:6, whereas no such diminution occurred under LD 12:12 even after a 5-h advance shift. Altogether, the data indicate that resetting of the circadian clock after shifts in the LD cycle depends on the photoperiod.