Research
Interests
Our
laboratory is interested in the neural and endocrine control of circadian
and seasonal rhythms in mammals. A lot of our attention is devoted to
the neural circuits that connect the circadian clock of the suprachiasmatic
nucleus to other regions of the brain that regulate sleep and reproductive
functions. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr.
Laura Smale, we are investigating the functional anatomy of these
circuits in diurnal and nocturnal species.
Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions about my research.
Selected
Publications
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Ramanathan, C, Nunez, AA, Martinez, GS, Schwartz, MD and Smale, L (2006) Temporal and spatial distribution of immunoreactive PER1 and PER2 proteins in the suorachiasmatic nucleus and peri-suprachiamatic region of the diurnal grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus). Brain Research, 1073: 348 - 358.
Lambert, CM, Machida, KK, Smale, L, Nunez, AA and Weaver, DR (2005)
Analysis of the prokineticin 2 system in a diurnal rodent, the unstriped Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus). Journal of Biological Rhythms, 20: 206 - 218.
Schwartz, MC, Nunez, AA and Smale, L (2004) Differences in the
suprachiasmatic nucleus and lower subparaventricular zone of diurnal and nocturnal rodents. Neuroscience, 127: 13 - 23.
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