Publication Cover
Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 31, 2014 - Issue 3
186
Views
6
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Phase and period responses to short light pulses in a wild diurnal rodent, Funambulus pennanti

&
Pages 320-327 | Received 18 Jan 2013, Accepted 30 Sep 2013, Published online: 04 Nov 2013

References

  • Albrecht U, Sun ZS, Eichele G, Lee CC. (1997). A differential response of two putative mammalian circadian regulators, mper1 and mper2, to light. Cell. 91:1055–64
  • Beersma DG, Daan S, Hut RA. (1999). Accuracy of circadian entrainment under fluctuating light conditions: Contributions of phase and period responses. J Biol Rhythms. 14:320–9
  • Bishnupuri KS, Haldar C. (2001). Maternal transfer of melatonin alters the growth and sexual maturation of young Indian palm squirrel Funambulus pennanti. Biol Signals Recept. 10:317–25
  • Caldelas I, Poirel VJ, Sicard B, et al. (2003). Circadian profile and photic regulation of clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of a diurnal mammal Arvicanthis ansorgei. Neuroscience. 116:583–91
  • Challet E. (2007). Minireview: Entrainment of the suprachiasmatic clockwork in diurnal and nocturnal mammals. Endocrinology. 148:5648–55
  • Chang AM, Santhi N, St Hilaire M, et al. (2012). Human responses to bright light of different durations. J Physiol. 590:3103–12
  • Comas M, Beersma DG, Spoelstra K, Daan S. (2006). Phase and period responses of the circadian system of mice (Mus musculus) to light stimuli of different duration. J Biol Rhythms. 21:362–72
  • Daan S. (2000). The Colin S. Pittendrigh Lecture. Colin Pittendrigh, Jurgen Aschoff, and the natural entrainment of circadian systems. J Biol Rhythms. 15:195–207
  • Dibner C, Schibler U, Albrecht U. (2010). The mammalian circadian timing system: Organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks. Annu Rev Physiol. 72:517–49
  • El Moussaouiti R, Bouhaddou N, Sabbar M, et al. (2010). Phase and period responses of the jerboa Jaculus orientalis to short light pulses. Chronobiol Int. 27:1348–64
  • Gerkema MP, Daan S, Wilbrink M, et al. (1993). Phase control of ultradian feeding rhythms in the common vole (Microtus arvalis): The roles of light and the circadian system. J Biol Rhythms. 8:151–71
  • Hagenauer MH, Lee TM. (2008). Circadian organization of the diurnal Caviomorph rodent, Octodon degus. Biol Rhythm Res. 39:269–89
  • Hut RA. (2001). Natural entrainment of circadian systems; a study in the diurnal ground squirrel Spermophilus citellus. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Johnson CH. (1999). Forty years of PRCs -- what have we learned? Chronobiol Int. 16:711–43
  • Johnson CH, Elliott JA, Foster R. (2003). Entrainment of Circadian Programs. Chronobiol Int. 20:741–74
  • Jud C, Schmutz I, Hampp G, et al. (2005). A guideline for analyzing circadian wheel-running behavior in rodents under different lighting conditions. Biol Procedures Online. 7:101–16
  • Kas MJ, Edgar D M. (2000). Photic phase response curve in Octodon degus: Assessment as a function of activity phase preference. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 278:1385–9
  • Koch JM, Hagenauer MH, Lee TM. (2009). The response of Per1 to light in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the diurnal degu (Octodon degus). Chronobiol Int. 26:1263–71
  • Kronfeld-Schor N, Dayan T. (2008). Activity patterns of rodents: The physiological ecology of biological rhythms. Biol Rhythm Res. 39:193–211
  • Lahiri S, Haldar C. (2009). Response of melatonin receptor MT1 in spleen of a tropical Indian rodent, Funambulus pennanti, to natural solar insolation and different photoperiodic conditions. Chronobiol Int. 26:1559–74
  • Lahmam M, El M'rabet A, Ouarour A, et al. (2008). Daily behavioral rhythmicity and organization of the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the diurnal rodent, Lemniscomys barbarus. Chronobiol Int. 25:882–904
  • Mahoney M, Bult A, Smale L. (2001). Phase response curve and light-induced fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and adjacent hypothalamus of Arvicanthis niloticus. J Biol Rhythms. 16:149–62
  • Miyake S, Sumi Y, Yan L, et al. (2000). Phase-dependent responses of Per1 and Per2 genes to a light-stimulus in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat. Neurosci Lett. 294:41–4
  • Mrosovsky N, Edelstein K, Hastings MH, Maywood ES. (2001). Cycle of period gene expression in a diurnal mammal (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus): Implications for nonphotic phase shifting. J Biol Rhythms. 16:471–8
  • Navaneethakannan K, Chandrashekaran MK. (1986). Light and dark pulse response curves in a day active palm squirrel Funambulus palmarum. Exp Biol. 45:267–73
  • Novak CM, Ehlen JC, Paul KN, et al. (2006). Light and GABA)(A) receptor activation alter period mRNA levels in the SCN of diurnal Nile grass rats. Eur J Neurosci. 24:2843–52
  • Pittendrigh CS, Daan S. (1976a). Functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents. I. The stability and lability of spontaneous frequency. J Comp Physiol A. 106:223–52
  • Pittendrigh CS, Daan S. (1976b). A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents. II. The variability of phase response curves. J Comp Physiol A. 106:253–66
  • Pohl H. (1982). Characteristics and variability in entrainment of circadian rhythms to light in diurnal rodents. In Aschoff J, Daan S, Groos G, eds. Vertebrate circadian systems. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 239–46
  • Portaluppi F, Smolensky MH, Touitou Y. (2010). Ethics and methods for biological rhythm research on animals and human beings. Chronobiol Int. 27:1911–29
  • Rajaratnam SM, Dijk DJ, Middleton B, et al. (2003). Melatonin phase-shifts human circadian rhythms with no evidence of changes in the duration of endogenous melatonin secretion or the 24-hour production of reproductive hormones. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 88:4303–9
  • Rajaratnam SM, Redman JR. (1997). Effects of daily melatonin administration on circadian activity rhythms in the diurnal Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus pennanti). J Biol Rhythms. 12:339–47
  • Rajaratnam SM, Redman JR. (2001). Circadian locomotor activity rhythms of the diurnal Indian palm squirrel in constant light. Chronobiol Int. 18:47–60
  • Rajaratnam SMW, Redman JR. (1999). Light-dark entrainment of circadian activity rhythms of the diurnal Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus pennanti). Biol Rhythm Res. 30:445–66
  • Ramanathan C, Campbell A, Tomczak A, et al. (2009). Compartmentalized expression of light-induced clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the diurnal grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus). Neuroscience. 161:960–9
  • Revell VL, Molina TA, Eastman CI. (2012). Human phase response curve to intermittent blue light using a commercially available device. J Physiol. 590:4859–68
  • Roenneberg T, Foster RG. (1997). Twilight times: Light and the circadian system. Photochem Photobiol. 66:549–61
  • Roll U, Dayan T, Kronfeld-Schor N. (2006). On the role of phylogeny in determining activity patterns of rodents. Evol Ecol. 20:479–90
  • Sharma VK. (1996). Light-induced phase response curves of the circadian activity rhythm in individual field mice, Mus booduga. Chronobiol Int. 13:40–409
  • Sharma VK. (2003a). Effect of light intensity on the phase and period response curves in the nocturnal field mouse Mus booduga. Chronobiol Int. 20:223–31
  • Sharma VK. (2003b). Period responses to Zeitgeber signals stabilize circadian clocks during entrainment. Chronobiol Int. 20:389–404
  • Sharma VK, Chidambaram R. (2002). Intensity-dependent phase-adjustments in the locomotor activity rhythm of the nocturnal field mouse Mus booduga. J Exp Zool. 292:444–59
  • Sharma VK, Daan S. (2002). Circadian phase and period responses to light stimuli in two nocturnal rodents. Chronobiol Int. 19:659–70
  • Shigeyoshi Y, Taguchi K, Yamamoto S, et al. (1997). Light-induced resetting of a mammalian circadian clock is associated with rapid induction of the mPer1 transcript. Cell. 91:1043–53
  • Slotten HA, Krekling S, Pevet P. (2005). Photic and nonphotic effects on the circadian activity rhythm in the diurnal rodent Arvicanthis ansorgei. Behav Brain Res. 165:91–7
  • Smale L, Lee T, Nunez AA. (2003). Mammalian diurnality: Some facts and gaps. J Biol Rhythms. 18:356–66
  • Smale L, Nunez AA, Schwartz MD. (2008). Rhythms in a diurnal brain. Biol Rhythm Res. 39:305–18
  • Spoelstra K, Albrecht U, van der Horst GT, et al. (2004). Phase responses to light pulses in mice lacking functional per or cry genes. J Biol Rhythms. 19:518–29
  • St Hilaire MA, Gooley JJ, Khalsa SB, et al. (2012). Human phase response curve (PRC) to a 1-hour pulse of bright white light. J Physiol. 590:3035–45
  • Takahashi JS, DeCoursey PJ, Bauman L, Menaker M. (1984). Spectral sensitivity of a novel photoreceptive system mediating entrainment of mammalian circadian rhythms. Nature. 308:186–8
  • Weinert DKV. (1998). Light-induced phase and period responses of circadian activity rhythms in laboratory mice of different age. Zoology. 10:45–52
  • Yan L, Takekida S, Shigeyoshi Y, Okamura H. (1999). Per1 and Per2 gene expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Circadian profile and the compartment-specific response to light. Neuroscience. 94:141–50

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.