Circadian behavior is light-reprogrammed by plastic DNA methylation

ABSTRACT: The timing of daily M-bM-^@M-^\circadianM-bM-^@M-^] behavior can be highly variable among different individuals, and twin studies suggest that about half of this variability is environmentally controlled. Similar plasticity can be seen in mice exposed to an altered lighting environment M-bM-^@M-^S for example, 22-hour days instead of 24-hour ones M-bM-^@M-^S which stably alters the genetically determined period of circadian behavior for months. The mechanisms mediating these environmental influences are unknown. Here, we show that transient exposure of mice to such lighting stably alters global transcription in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus (the SCN, the M-bM-^@M-^\master clockM-bM-^@M-^] tissue determining circadian behavior in mammals). We have also showed that, thes

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Steven Brwon 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54021 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress