Circadian clocks for all meal-times: anticipation of 2 daily meals in rats.

Anticipation of a daily meal in rats has been conceptualized as a rest-activity rhythm driven by a food-entrained circadian oscillator separate from the pacemaker generating light-dark (LD) entrained rhythms. Rats can also anticipate two daily mealtimes, but whether this involves independently entra...

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Main Authors: Ralph E Mistlberger, Brianne A Kent, Sofina Chan, Danica F Patton, Alexander Weinberg, Maksim Parfyonov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3280322?pdf=render