Circadian changes of the ERG can be imitated by electrical stimulation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in rabbits with intact sympathetic innervation of the eyes
作者:
A.C. Bobbert,
A.W. van Rooy,
J.J. Riethoven,
期刊:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 1
页码: 57-70
ISSN:0022-1945
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1080/09291019109360099
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Circadian rhythm;ERG;photic sensitivity of retina;suprachiasmatic nucleus;cervical sympathetic nerve;feed‐back;photoperiodism;rabbit
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
It was previously established that when rabbits have been exposed to 24‐h LD alternations for several weeks, they afterwards exhibit in steady darkness the presence of a programmed rhythm in photic responses of the visual system. In one phase of this rhythm they respond to flashes with “Day Time Potentials”; (D.T.P.’s) while the other phase is characterized by a markedly raised retinal photic sensitivity and a consequent responding with “Night Time Potentials”; (N.T.P.’s). It is also known that these changes of the responses,e.g.of the ERG's , are absent after transection of both cervical sympathetic nerves whereas they can easily be elicited by low‐frequency electrical stimulation of these nerves. From the present experiments it appears that similar D.T.P. ‐ N.T.P. conversions of the ERG's can be induced by highly localized electrical stimuli that are applied at rates of 10 cps or less to either the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN's) or to a tract descending caudally from these towards the spinal cord. Such effects of SCN stimulation are absent in rabbits in which the cervical sympathetics have been cut beforehand.
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