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Combined Effects on the Circadian Clock of Agents with Different Phase Response Curves: Phase-Shifting Effects of Triazolam and LightDepartment of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 Although light provides the primary signal for the entrainment of circadian pacemakers, a number of endogenous substances and pharmacological agents are also capable of resetting circadian pacemakers. Very little is known about the combined effects of photic and nonphotic agents on clock functions. We conducted a "double-pulse" experiment, in which two discrete stimuli are presented at different times within a single circadian cycle, to determine the combined effects of a 1-hr light pulse and injections of a benzodiazepine, triazolam, on the circadian rhythm of activity in the golden hamster.
Key Words: phase response curves circadian pacemaker triazolam light double-pulse
Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 7, No. 1,
51-63 (1992) |
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