Abstract
Although neural mechanisms are centrally involved in the generation and functioning of circadian rhythms in animals, notably the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in the mammalian brain, robust circadian rhythms also occur in unicellular organisms, including prokaryotes (Golden, Ishiura, Johnson, & Kondo, 1997; Hastings, Boulos, & Rusak, 1991; Johnson, Golden, Ishiura, & Kondo, 1996; Kondoet al.1994; Sweeney, 1987). Such rhythms, for example in motility, represent good analogs of rhythms in higher organisms. Indeed, individual cells in the SCN also exhibit autonomous circadian oscillations (Liu, Weaver, Strogatz, & Reppert, 1997; Welsh, Logothetis, Meister, & Reppert, 1995).
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Hastings, J.W. (2001). Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Regulation in the Unicellular Dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra . In: Takahashi, J.S., Turek, F.W., Moore, R.Y. (eds) Circadian Clocks. Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1201-1_12
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