TRANSPLANTED SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS DETERMINES CIRCADIAN PERIOD

被引:1381
作者
RALPH, MR
FOSTER, RG
DAVIS, FC
MENAKER, M
机构
[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT BIOL,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
[2] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,DEPT BIOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1126/science.2305266
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The pacemaker role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in a mammalian circadian system was tested by neural transplantation by using a mutant strain of hamster that shows a short circadian period. Small neural grafts from the suprachiasmatic region restored circadian rhythms to arrhythmic animals whose own nucleus had been ablated. The restored rhythms always exhibited the period of the donor genotype regardless of the direction of the transplant or genotype of the host. The basic period of the overt circadian rhythm therefore is determined by cells of the suprachiasmatic region.
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