Retention of a 24-hour time memory in Syrian hamsters carrying the 20-hour short circadian period mutation in casein kinase-1ε (ck1εtau/tau).

doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2014.06.004

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Retention of a 24-hour time memory in Syrian hamsters carrying the 20-hour short circadian period mutation in casein kinase-1ε (ck1εtau/tau).

Neurobiology of learning and memory - 1 Oct 2014

Cain Sean W, Yoon Jeena, Shrestha Tenjin C, Ralph Martin R

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Circadian rhythmic expression of conditioned place avoidance (CPA) was produced in Syrian hamsters homozygous for the circadian short period mutation, tau. In constant dim red light neither the 20 h endogenous period, nor a 20 h place conditioning schedule eliminated the 24 h modulation of CPA be...

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Animals
Casein Kinase 1 epsilon
Circadian Rhythm
Conditioning, Psychological
Cricetinae
Male
Memory
Mesocricetus
Mutation
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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