Revealing a circadian clock in captive arctic-breeding songbirds, lapland longspurs (calcarius lapponicus), under constant illumination

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 456-469

  Ashley, Noah T ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^b   Schwabl, Ingrid ^c   Goymann, Wolfgang ^c   Salli, Brady M ^d   Bentley, George E ^e   Buck, C Loren ^d  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; clock genes; Lapland longspur; melatonin; Per2

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS;

AVIAN PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DARKNESS; EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; LIVER; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84917695862     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730414552323     Document Type: Article

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