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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Smit AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3843722 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smit Andrea N AN Patton Danica F DF Michalik Mateusz M Opiol Hanna H Mistlberger Ralph E RE
PloS one 20131129 11
Circadian activity rhythms are jointly controlled by a master pacemaker in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) and by food-entrainable circadian oscillators (FEOs) located elsewhere. The SCN mediates synchrony to daily light-dark cycles, whereas FEOs generate activity rhythms synchronized with regular daily mealtimes. The location of FEOs generating food anticipation rhythms, and the pathways that entrain these FEOs, remain to be clarified. To gain insight into entrainment pathways, we ...[more]