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Non-Photic Modulation of Phase Shifts to Long Light Pulses
Michael C. Antle
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, antlem{at}ucalgary.ca
Roxanne Sterniczuk
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Victoria M. Smith
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Kimberly Hagel
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Circadian rhythms can be reset by both photic and non-photic stimuli. Recent studies have used long light exposure to produce photic phase shifts or to enhance non-photic phase shifts. The presence or absence of light can also influence the expression of locomotor rhythms through masking; light during the night attenuates locomotor activity, while darkness during the day induces locomotor activity in nocturnal animals. Given this dual role of light, the current study was designed to examine the relative contributions of photic and non-photic components present in a long light pulse paradigm. Mice entrained to a light/dark cycle were exposed to light pulses of various durations (0, 3, 6, 9, or 12 h) starting at the time of lights-off. After the light exposure, animals were placed in DD and were either left undisturbed in their home cages or had their wheels locked for the remainder of the subjective night and subsequent subjective day. Light treatments of 6, 9, and 12 h produced large phase delays. These treatments were associated with decreased activity during the nocturnal light and increased activity during the initial hours of darkness following light exposure. When the wheels were locked to prevent high-amplitude activity, the resulting phase delays to the light were significantly attenuated, suggesting that the activity following the light exposure may have contributed to the overall phase shift. In a second experiment, telemetry probes were used to assess what effect permanently locking the wheels had on the phase shift to the long light pulses. These animals had phase shifts fully as large as animals without any form of wheel lock, suggesting that while non-photic events can modulate photic phase shifts, they do not play a role in the full phase-shift response observed in animals exposed to long light pulses. This paradigm will facilitate investigations into non-photic responses of the mouse circadian system.
Key Words: phase shift • photic • non-photic • long light pulse
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Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 22, No. 6,
524-533 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407306882
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