A novel pathway for sensory-mediated arousal involves splicing of an intron in the period clock gene

Sleep

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-51

  Cao, Weihuan ^a   Edery, Isaac ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Circadian rhythms; Drosophila; Light; Period gene; Pre mRNA splicing; Sleep; Temperature

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; SLEEP; STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUES; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; INTRONS; LIGHT; MALE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RNA SPLICING; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84920417357     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4322     Document Type: Article

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