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  • Title: Photoperiod modifies daily maps of light and dark sensitivity for N-acetyltransferase activity in pineal glands of 3-week old Gallus domesticus.
    Author: Binkley S, Mosher K, White BH.
    Journal: J Comp Physiol B; 1989; 159(1):37-42. PubMed ID: 2738201.
    Abstract:
    N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity in pineal glands exhibits a circadian rhythm with peak activity occurring in the dark-time. We previously showed that in Gallus domesticus chicks pretreated with LD12:12, NAT activity was increased by dark exposure (peak dark sensitivity occurred during the expected dark-time) or decreased by light at night (peak light sensitivity occurred early in the night during the time of dark sensitivity). In this study we mapped dark sensitivity vs time (for NAT activity increase in response to 2 h dark pulses), and light sensitivity vs time (for NAT activity decrease in response to 10 min or 30 min light pulses) over a cycle for 3-week old chicks, Gallus domesticus, pretreated with long (LD16:8) or short photoperiod (LD8:16). Sensitivity to light was increased in the second 8 h after L/D by LD8:16. Sensitivity to dark was increased in the first 8 h after L/D by LD16:8.
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