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Circadian Clock Resetting by Sleep Deprivation without Exercise in Syrian Hamsters: Dark Pulses Revisited

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada; e-mail: mistlber{at}sfu.ca

Jodi Belcourt

Michael C. Antle

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada

Circadian rhythms in Syrian hamsters can be phase shifted by procedures that stimulate wheel running ("exercise") in the mid-subjective day (the hamster's usual sleep period). The authors recently demonstrated that keeping hamsters awake by gentle handling, without continuous running, is sufficient to mimic this effect. Here, the authors assessed whether wakefulness, independent of wheel running, also mediates phase shifts to dark pulses during the midsubjective day in hamsters free-running in constant light (LL). With running wheels locked during a 3 h dark pulse on day 3 of LL, hamsters (N = 16) averaged only 43 ± 15 min of spontaneous wake time and phase shifted only 24 ± 43 min. When wheels were open during a dark pulse, two hamsters remained awake, ran continuously, and showed phase advance shifts of 7.3 h and 8.7 h, respectively, whereas the other hamsters were awake <60 min and shifted only 45 ± 38 min. No animals stayed awake for 3 h without running. Additional time in LL (10 and 20 days) did not potentiate the waking or phase shift response to dark pulses. When all hamsters were sleep deprived with wheels locked during a dark pulse, phase advance shifts averaged 261 ± 110 min and ranged up to 7.3 h. These shifts are large compared to those previously observed in response to the 3 h sleep deprivation procedure. Additional tests revealed that this potentiated shift response is dependent on LL prior to sleep deprivation but not LL after sleep deprivation. A final sleep deprivation test showed that a small part of the potentiation may be due to suppression of spontaneous wheel running by LL. These results indicate that some correlate of waking, other than continuous running, mediates the phase-shifting effect of dark pulses in the mid-subjective day. The mechanism by which LLpotentiates shifting remains to be determined. The lack of effect of subsequent LL on the magnitude of shifts to sleep deprivation in the dark suggests that LL reduces responsivity to light by processes that take >3 h of dark to reverse.

Key Words: sleep deprivation • wheel running • entrainment • circadian rhythm • nonphotic zeitgeber

Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 17, No. 3, 227-237 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/07430402017003006


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