The Chronobiology Kit is a PC hardware/software system for collecting and analyzing activity data from experimental animals. The collection system was specifically designed for the needs of circadian researchers, that is, long term data collection without interruption, on-line data verification analysis, laboratory cycle controls and automatic flagging for loss of signal.
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31. Van Reeth O, Weibel L, Olivares E, Maccari S, Mocaer E, Turek FW. Melatonin or a melatonin agonist corrects age-related changes in circadian response to environmental stimulus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001;280(5):R1582-91.
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43. Challet E, Kolker DE, Turek FW. Metabolic influences on circadian rhythmicity in Siberian and Syrian hamsters exposed to long photoperiods. J Neuroendocrinol 2000;12(1):69-78.
44. Weibel L, Turek FW, Mocaer E, Van Reeth O. A melatonin agonist facilitates circadian resynchronization in old hamsters after abrupt shifts in the light-dark cycle. Brain Res 2000;880(1-2):207-11.
45. Challet E, van Reeth O, Turek FW. Altered circadian responses to light in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Am J Physiol 1999;277(2 Pt 1):E232-7.
46. Challet E, Losee-Olson S, Turek FW. Reduced glucose availability attenuates circadian responses to light in mice. Am J Physiol 1999;276(4 Pt 2):R1063-70.
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49. Solberg LC, Horton TH, Turek FW. Circadian rhythms and depression: effects of exercise in an animal model. Am J Physiol 1999;276(1 Pt 2):R152-61.
50. Harada Y, Goto M, Ebihara S, Fujisawa H, Kegasawa K, Oishi T. Circadian Locomotor Activity Rhythms in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: The Role of the Eye and the Hypothalamus. Biological Rhythm Research 1998;29(1):30-48.
51. Schwierin B, Borbely AA, Tobler I. Sleep homeostasis in the female rat during the estrous cycle. Brain Res 1998;811(1-2):96-104.
52. Challet E, Scarbrough K, Penev PD, Turek FW. Roles of suprachiasmatic nuclei and intergeniculate leaflets in mediating the phase-shifting effects of a serotonergic agonist and their photic modulation during subjective day. J Biol Rhythms 1998;13(5):410-21.
53. Van Reeth O, Olivares E, Turek FW, Granjon L, Mocaer E. Resynchronisation of a diurnal rodent circadian clock accelerated by a melatonin agonist. Neuroreport 1998;9(8):1901-5.
54. Sánchez-Vázquez FJ, Tabata M. Circadian rhythms of demand-feeding and locomotor activity in rainbow trout. J Fish Biology 1998;52(2):255-67.
55. Challet E, Solberg LC, Turek FW. Entrainment in calorie-restricted mice: conflicting zeitgebers and free-running conditions. Am J Physiol 1998;274(6 Pt 2):R1751-61.
56. Penev PD, Kolker DE, Zee PC, Turek FW. Chronic circadian desynchronization decreases the survival of animals with cardiomyopathic heart disease. Am J Physiol 1998;275(6 Pt 2):H2334-7.
57. Labyak SE, Turek FW, Wallen EP, Zee PC. Effects of bright light on age-related changes in the locomotor activity of Syrian hamsters. Am J Physiol 1998;274(3 Pt 2):R830-9.
58. Yoshimura T, Ebihara S. Decline of circadian photosensitivity associated with retinal degeneration in CBA/J-rd/rd mice. Brain Res 1998;779(1-2):188-93.
59. Reierth E, Stokkan KA. Dual entrainment by light and food in the Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperboreus). J Biol Rhythms 1998;13(5):393-402.
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62. Scarbrough K, Losee-Olson S, Wallen EP, Turek FW. Aging and photoperiod affect entrainment and quantitative aspects of locomotor behavior in Syrian hamsters. Am J Physiol 1997;272(4 Pt 2):R1219-25.
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65. Valentinuzzi VS, Scarbrough K, Takahashi JS, Turek FW. Effects of aging on the circadian rhythm of wheel-running activity in C57BL/6 mice. Am J Physiol 1997;273(6 Pt 2):R1957-64.
66. Lopez-Molina L, Conquet F, Dubois-Dauphin M, Schibler U. The DBP gene is expressed according to a circadian rhythm in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and influences circadian behavior. Embo J 1997;16(22):6762-71.
67. Penev PD, Turek FW, Wallen EP, Zee PC. Aging alters the serotonergic modulation of light-induced phase advances in golden hamsters. Am J Physiol 1997;272(2 Pt 2):R509-13.
68. Penev PD, Zee PC, Turek FW. Quantitative analysis of the age-related fragmentation of hamster 24-h activity rhythms. Am J Physiol 1997;273(6 Pt 2):R2132-7.
69. Steindl PE, Coy DL, Finn B, Zee PC, Blei AT. A low-protein diet ameliorates disrupted diurnal locomotor activity in rats after portacaval anastomosis. Am J Physiol 1996;271(4 Pt 1):G555-60.
70. Zhang Y, Takahashi JS, Turek FW. Critical period for cycloheximide blockade of light-induced phase advances of the circadian locomotor activity rhythm in golden hamsters. Brain Res 1996;740(1-2):285-90.
71. Ebihara S, Mano N, Kurono N, Komuro G, Yoshimura T. Vitamin B12 affects non-photic entrainment of circadian locomotor activity rhythms in mice. Brain Res 1996;727(1-2):31-9.
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73. Colecchia EF, Penev PD, Zee PC, Turek FW. Phase-shifting effects of a serotonin agonist in tau mutant hamsters. Brain Res 1996;730(1-2):227-31.
74. Tobler I, Gaus SE, Deboer T, Achermann P, Fischer M, Rulicke T, et al. Altered circadian activity rhythms and sleep in mice devoid of prion protein. Nature 1996;380(6575):639-42.
75. Steindl PE, Gottstein J, Blei AT. Disruption of circadian locomotor activity in rats after portacaval anastomosis is not gender dependent. Hepatology 1995;22(6):1763-8.
76. Penev PD, Zee PC, Wallen EP, Turek FW. Aging alters the phase-resetting properties of a serotonin agonist on hamster circadian rhythmicity. Am J Physiol 1995;268(1 Pt 2):R293-8.
77. Penev PD, Turek FW, Zee PC. A serotonin neurotoxin attenuates the phase-shifting effects of triazolam on the circadian clock in hamsters. Brain Res 1995;669(2):207-16.
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79. Penev PD, Zee PC, Turek FW. Monoamine depletion blocks triazolam-induced phase advances of the circadian clock in hamsters. Brain Res 1994;637(1-2):255-61.
80. Vitaterna MH, King DP, Chang AM, Kornhauser JM, Lowrey PL, McDonald JD, et al. Mutagenesis and mapping of a mouse gene, Clock, essential for circadian behavior. Science 1994;264(5159):719-25.
81. Penev PD, Turek FW, Zee PC. Monoamine depletion alters the entrainment and the response to light of the circadian activity rhythm in hamsters. Brain Res 1993;612(1-2):156-64.
82. Coy DL, Mehta R, Zee P, Salchli F, Turek FW, Blei AT. Portal-systemic shunting and the disruption of circadian locomotor activity in the rat. Gastroenterology 1992;103(1):222-8.
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