Université de Fribourg

Circadian rhythms in murine pups develop in absence of a functional maternal circadian clock

Jud, Corinne ; Albrecht, Urs

In: Journal of Biological Rhythms, 2006, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 149-154

A genetic approach was used to investigate whether the emergence of circadian rhythms in murine pups is dependent on a functional maternal clock. Arrhythmic females bearing either the mPer1Brdm1/Per2Brdm1 or mPer2Brdm1/Cry1-/- double-mutant genotype were crossed with wild-type males under constant darkness. The heterozygous offspring have the genetic...

Université de Fribourg

Phase Responses to Light Pulses in Mice Lacking Functional per or cry Genes

Spoelstra, Kamiel ; Albrecht, Urs ; Horst, Gijsbertus T. J. van der ; Brauer, Verena ; Daan, Serge

In: Journal of Biological Rhythms, 2004, vol. 19 (6), p. 518-529

The phase-resetting properties of the circadian system in mice with a functional deletion in mCry1, mCry2, mPer1, or mPer2 were studied in 2 experiments. In experiment 1, mCry1-/- and mCry2-/- mice as well as mPer1Brdm1 and mPer2Brdm1 mutant mice were exposed to 15-min light pulses during the 1st cycle following entrainment, either early (external time [ExT] 20) or late (ExT 4) in the subjective...