Publication Date:
2002-12-10
Description:
Circadian clocks are influenced by social interactions in a variety of species, but little is known about the sensory mechanisms underlying these effects. We investigated whether social cues could reset circadian rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster by addressing two questions: Is there a social influence on circadian timing? If so, then how is that influence communicated? The experiments show that in a social context Drosophila transmit and receive cues that influence circadian time and that these cues are likely olfactory.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Levine, Joel D -- Funes, Pablo -- Dowse, Harold B -- Hall, Jeffrey C -- GM-33205/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- NS-44232/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Dec 6;298(5600):2010-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12471264" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Behavior, Animal
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*Circadian Rhythm
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*Cues
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Darkness
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Drosophila Proteins/genetics/physiology
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Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/*physiology
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Light
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Male
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Motor Activity
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Mutation
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Nuclear Proteins/genetics/physiology
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Period Circadian Proteins
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Smell/physiology
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Social Behavior
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Sodium Channels/genetics/physiology
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Temperature
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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