An Abrupt Shift in the Day/Night Cycle Causes Desynchrony in the Mammalian Circadian Center

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Summary

It is demonstrated that an abrupt shift in the light/dark (LD) cycle disrupts the synchronous oscillation of circadian components in the rat SCN and dissociation and slow resynchronization of endogenous oscillators within the SCN after an LD cycle shift suggests a mechanism for the physiological symptoms that constitute jet lag.

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2003-07-09
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Keywords

PER1, Circadian rhythm, Suprachiasmatic nucleus, PER2, Internal medicine

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