Michael Menaker

TL;DR: In two separate experiments, FAA emerged and liver Per1 phase-shifted in response to daytime 8-h food restriction, which rule out insulin as a necessary component of this system.

TL;DR: A novel role for TASK genes in enhancing neuronal excitability and promoting high‐frequency firing is supported, but it is suggested that TasK1/3 subunits are not essential for orexin cell responses to glucose and pH.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the endogenous “clock” may control the timing of the periodic arousals of bats during their winter hibernation.

TL;DR: It has been shown that a 75-minute pulse of light per day is sufficient to produce a response normally produced only by long days in the sparrow Passer domesticus, and offers strong confirmation of B�nning's hypothesis concerning the mechanism of photoperiodic time measurement.

TL;DR: Molecular analysis revealed that the amplitudes of oscillation in the rat Per1 (rPer1) and rat Per2 ( rPer2) mRNAs were significantly attenuated in the SCN and eyes of the transgenic rats, indicating that the level of Per1, which is raised by overexpression, or its rhythmic expression, is critical for normal entrainment of behavior and molecular oscillation of other clock genes.