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The Effects of Intraventricular Carbachol Injections on the Free-Running Activity Rhythm of the Hamster

Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands, Department of Physiology and Physiological Physics, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

E. van der Zee

Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

M. Dietz

Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

The effects of light on the circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) are mediated by the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) and by the retinogeniculosupra chiasmatic tract (RGST). The neurotransmitter of the RGST is neuropeptide Y. The RHT may contain glutamate and aspartate. Recent evidence indicates that acetylcholine could also be involved in phase shifting by light. We determined that intraventricular injections with an acetylcholine agonist, carbachol, induces phase advances during the subjective day and phase delays during the early subjective night. No differences were observed between phase shifts induced in constant darkness and those induced in continuous light. A dose-response curve for carbachol was described at circadian time 6 (CT6). Injections at CT14 with various dosages of carbachol indicated the same dose dependency for this circadian time. Finally, carbachol injections in split animals resulted in similar responses of the two components of the split activity rhythm.

Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 3, No. 4, 333-348 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/074873048800300403


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