Article
Light-induced phase shifts in tau mutant hamsters.
Journal of biological rhythms - 1 Jan 1994
Shimomura K, Menaker M
Abstract excerpt
Phase shifts produced by single 1-hr light pulses were compared in homozygous tau mutant and wild-type hamsters after several different kinds of pretreatment regimens. There was a dramatic increase in the magnitude of phase delays in the mutant hamsters as they were kept for progressively longer times in constant darkness (DD), and a smaller increase in the magnitude of phase advances. Under the same conditions a...
Topics
- Animals
- Circadian Rhythm
- Cricetinae
- Darkness
- Homozygote
- Light
- Male
- Mesocricetus
- Mutation
- Photic Stimulation
- Photoperiod
- Reaction Time
