Old flies have a robust central oscillator but weaker behavioral rhythms that can be improved by genetic and environmental manipulations

Aging Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 428-438

  Luo, Wenyu ^a   Chen, Wen Feng ^a   Yue, Zhifeng ^a   Chen, Dechun ^a   Sowcik, Mallory ^a   Sehgal, Amita ^a   Zheng, Xiangzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavioral rhythms; Circadian clock; Period; Protein kinase A; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TISSUES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 84862828137     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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