Mammalian circadian rhythms are synchronized to environmental light/dark (LD) cycles via daily phase resetting of the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Photic information is transmitted to the SCN directly from the retina via the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) and indirectly from the retinorecipient intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) via the geniculohypothalamic tract (GHT). The ...

The circadian pacemaker of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) is entrained to the environmental light-dark cycle via the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). It is unknown whether light activates or suppresses firing of the retinal ganglion cells which mediate photic entrainment. We therefore electrically stimulated the optic nerves and the anterior optic chiasm of hamsters with free-running activity ...

Flowering time is an important trait in wheat breeding as it affects adaptation and yield potential. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic architecture of flowering time in European winter bread wheat cultivars. To this end a population of 410 winter wheat varieties was evaluated in multi-location field trials and genotyped by a genotyping-by-sequencing approach and candidate gen...

The behavior of mammals is characterized by a 24-h cycle of rest and activity which is a fundamental adaption to the solar cycle of light and darkness. The pacemaker of this circadian clock is localized in the ventral part of the hypothalamus, the so-called suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), and is entrained by light signals mediated by the eye. The eye is directly connected via the retinohypothalam...

The constitution of Kenya 2010 placed the supply water and services related to sanitation as a devolved function County Governments. clear delineation roles between National Governments have not significantly improved access potable clean households. Thirty-six percent Kenya’s population in Arid Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) still walk many kilometers search for animal human utilization There has been...

در این تحقیق به مقایسه تحلیلی و عددی آبشار جریان برگشتی مدل R با آبشارهای Q QI سیستم‌­های چندجزیی پایدار پرداخته می‌­شود. راستا برای اولین بار کدهای جهت طراحی منظور کد نرم‌افزار متلب نوشته شده‌­اند. نتایج نشان می‌­دهد که دو جزء 1k 2k از خوراک Nc جزء، تعداد معدودی قابل تعریف است همگی حالات خاصی می­‌باشد. هم‌­چنین یافته‌­ها مجموع مقدار برش جزیی همیشه برابر یک است. طریق داده می‌­شود صورتی میانگین ...

The circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus organizes behavioral rhythms, such as the sleep-wake cycle, on a near 24-h time base and synchronizes them to environmental day and night. Light information is transmitted to the SCN by direct retinal projections via the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). Both glutamate (Glu) and pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating pept...

To date, the relative contribution of the different levels of the visual hierarchy during perceptual decisions remains unclear. Typical models of visual processing, with the reverse hierarchy theory (RHT) as a prominent example, strongly emphasize the role of higher levels and interpret lower levels as sequence of simple feature detectors. Here, we investigate this issue based on two analyses. ...

Neuroactive peptides and the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+) ](i) ) play important roles in light-induced modulation of gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) neurons that ultimately control behavioral rhythms. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are expressed rhythmically within populations of SCN neurons. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-ac...