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  • Title: Arrest of the circadian pacemaker driving the pineal melatonin rhythm in hibernating golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus.
    Author: Vanĕcek J, Janský L, Illnerová H, Hoffmann K.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol; 1985; 80(1):21-3. PubMed ID: 2858288.
    Abstract:
    Pineal melatonin rhythm in golden hamsters was abolished during hibernation. After arousal in darkness, pineal melatonin increased rapidly regardless of whether the arousal was induced during the day or at night. Rapid increase of pineal melatonin after arousal was markedly diminished in animals exposed to light. In hamsters aroused at midnight, the melatonin rhythm in constant darkness ran with the reversed phase relative to hamsters aroused at noon. Since after arousal the melatonin rhythm obviously starts anew from the same phase, we conclude that the circadian pacemaker driving the rhythm might be arrested during hibernation at the day-time phase.
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