Lithium effects on circadian locomotor activity rhythm ofmusca domesticaunder continuous light conditions
作者:
A. Smietanko,
W. Engelmann,
期刊:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research
(Taylor Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 1
页码: 3-13
ISSN:0022-1945
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1080/09291018909359993
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: circadian rhythm;Musca domestica;lithium;locomotor activity;arrhythmicity;coupling of oscillators
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The locomotor activity of individualMusca domesticaflies was recorded photoelectrically. The pattern consisted of unimodal circadian rhythms in 29% of the cases, of more than one circadian rhythm visible in the same actogram ("compound rhythms") in 63% and was arrhythmic in 8% of the cases. When 1 mM LiC1 was added to the drinking water, only5%of the flies which exhibited an unimodal rhythm before were still showing this pattern. 57% snowed a compound rhythm and 38% became arrhythmic under LiCl. Flies with compound rhythms continued to show this pattern (73%), or became arrhythmic (27%). Arrhythmic flies stayed arrhythmic under Li+treatment. Thus Li+decreases the percentage of rhythmic and increases the percentage of arrhythmic flies. This finding is discussed in respect to reduced mutual coupling of circadian pacemakers and complete asynchrony among the individual oscillators after Li+application.
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