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Circadian locomotor rhythms in aged hamsters following suprachiasmatic transplant.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Nov 1995
Hurd M W, Zimmer K A, Lehman M N, Ralph M R
Abstract excerpt
Circadian activity rhythms that have been eliminated by lesions of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) can be restored by fetal SCN grafts. Partial lesions of the host allow simultaneous expression of both donor and host rhythms. Because partial SCN ablation produces characteristic changes in activity rhythms that are similar to those that occur with age, including shortened period, reduced amplitude, and...
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