References
- Aggelopoulos N. C., Meissl H. Responses of neurones of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus to retinal illumination under photopic and scotopic conditions. J. Physiol. (Lond) 2000; 523: 211–222
- Albus H., Vansteensel M. J., Michel S., Block G. D., Meijer J. H. A GABAergic mechanism is necessary for coupling dissociable ventral and dorsal regional oscillators within the circadian clock. Curr. Biol. 2005; 15: 886–893
- Aton S. J., Colwell C. S., Harmar A. J., Waschek J., Herzog E. D. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons. Nature Neurosci. 2005; 8: 476–483
- Bellingham J., Foster R. G. Opsins and mammalian photoentrainment. Cell Tissue Res. 2002; 309: 57–71
- Gillette M. U., McArthur A. J. Circadian actions of melatonin at the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Behav. Brain Res. 1996; 73: 135–139
- Gillette M. U., Mitchell J. W. Signaling in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: selectively responsive and integrative. Cell Tissue Res. 2002; 309: 99–107
- Grosse J., Velickovic A., Davis F. C. Entrainment of Syrian hamster circadian activity rhythms by neonatal melatonin injections. Am. J. Physiol. 1996; 270: R533–R540
- Hastings M. H., Mead S. S., Vindacheruvu R. R., Ebling F. J.P., Maywood E. S., Grosse J. Non‐photic phase shifting of the circadian activity rhythm of Syrian hamsters: the relative potency of arousal and melatonin. Brain Res. 1992; 591: 20–26
- Inouye S. I.T., Kawamura H. Persistence of circadian rhythmicity in a mammalian hypothalamic “island” containing the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1979; 76: 5962–5966
- Kopp M. D.A., Schomerus C., Dehghani F., Korf H. W., Meissl H. Pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating polypeptide and melatonin in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: effects on the calcium signal transduction cascade. J. Neurosci. 1999; 19: 206–219
- McArthur A. J., Gillette M. U., Prosser R. A. Melatonin directly resets the rat suprachiasmatic circadian clock in vitro. Brain Res. 1991; 565: 158–161
- Moore R. Y., Lenn N. J. A retinohypothalamic projection in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol. 1972; 146: 1–14
- Reppert S. M., Weaver D. R. Coordination of circadian timing in mammals. Nature 2002; 418: 935–941
- Stehle J., Vanecek J., Vollrath L. Effects of melatonin on spontaneous electrical activity of neurons in rat suprachiasmatic nuclei: an in vitro iontophoretic study. J. Neural Transm. 1989; 78: 173–177
- Touitou Y., Portaluppi F., Smolensky M. H., Rensing L. Ethical principles and standards for the conduct of human and animal biological rhythm research. Chronobiol. Int. 2005; 21: 161–170
- Tousson E., Meissl H. Suprachiasmatic nuclei grafts restore the circadian rhythm in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. J. Neurosci. 2004; 24: 2983–2988
- Welsh D. K., Logothetis D. E., Meister M., Reppert S. M. Individual neurons dissociated from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus express independently phased circadian firing rhythms. Neuron 1995; 14: 697–708