LESIONS OF THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS DISRUPT CIRCADIAN LOCOMOTOR RHYTHMS IN THE MOUSE

被引:43
作者
SCHWARTZ, WJ
ZIMMERMAN, P
机构
[1] Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
关键词
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; BALB/C MICE; WHEEL-RUNNING; LIGHT-DARK CYCLE;
D O I
10.1016/0031-9384(91)90364-T
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Entrained and free-running rhythms of wheel-running activity were recorded in male BALB/cByJ mice with electrolytic lesions of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), site of a circadian pacemaker in mammals. Complete ablation of the nucleus abolished the circadian locomotor rhythm; in some cases, wheel-running was synchronized by a light-dark cycle, but the phase relationship of this activity to the cycle was often aberrant. Unilateral lesions or those missing the SCN did not eliminate rhythmicity.
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页码:1283 / 1287
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