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SUBMITTER: Mistlberger RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2583785 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mistlberger Ralph E RE Yamazaki Shin S Pendergast Julie S JS Landry Glenn J GJ Takumi Toru T Nakamura Wataru W
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20081001 5902
Fuller et al. (Reports, 23 May 2008, p. 1074) reported that the dorsomedial hypothalamus contains a Bmal1-based oscillator that can drive food-entrained circadian rhythms. We report that mice bearing a null mutation of Bmal1 exhibit normal food-anticipatory circadian rhythms. Lack of food anticipation in Bmal1-/- mice reported by Fuller et al. may reflect morbidity due to weight loss, thus raising questions about their conclusions. ...[more]