Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10836290 | Peptides | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
To investigate whether a diurnal animal possesses the orexinergic system implicating vigilance and behavior, we examined Fos immunoreactivity (IR) in orexinergic neurons of Korean chipmunks raised under 12Â h light-dark cycles. Brain tissue, collected at four different zeitgeber times (ZT), was double-labeled with Fos and orexin-A antibodies. There was no difference in the number of orexin-IR neurons in the hypothalamus across all ZTs. However, more orexin-IR neurons expressing Fos-IR were found at ZTs 3 and 9 than ZTs 15 and 21. The results demonstrate circadian variations in the activation of orexin neurons corresponding with locomotor cycles, similarly seen in nocturnal rodents.
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Authors
Tohru Kodama, Setsuo Usui, Yoshiko Honda, Mayumi Kimura,