Article
Masking responses to light in period mutant mice.
Chronobiology international - 1 Oct 2011
Pendergast Julie S, Yamazaki Shin
Abstract excerpt
Masking is an acute effect of an external signal on an overt rhythm and is distinct from the process of entrainment. In the current study, we investigated the phase dependence and molecular mechanisms regulating masking effects of light pulses on spontaneous locomotor activity in mice. The circadian genes, Period1 (Per1) and Per2, are necessary components of the timekeeping machinery and entrainment by light...
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