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Daily rhythms of food-anticipatory behavioral activity do not require the known circadian clock.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Apr 2009
Storch Kai-Florian, Weitz Charles J
Abstract excerpt
When food availability is restricted to a particular time each day, mammals exhibit food-anticipatory activity (FAA), a daily increase in locomotor activity preceding the presentation of food. Considerable historical evidence suggests that FAA is driven by a food-entrainable circadian clock distinct from the master clock of the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Multiple food-entrainable circadian clocks have been...
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