How neurons adjust to diurnality

Gabriele Andreatta; Charles N Allen

doi:10.7554/eLife.74704

How neurons adjust to diurnality

Elife. 2021 Nov 30:10:e74704. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74704.

Authors

Gabriele Andreatta¹, Charles N Allen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Portland, United States.

Abstract

Being active during the day requires a slow-closing ion channel that dampens the activity of neurons in a specific area of the brain.

Keywords: R. pumilio; circadian rhythms; computational biology; diurnality; electrical activity; mathematical modelling; neuroscience; suprachiasmatic nucleus; systems biology.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Circadian Rhythm*
Neurons
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus*