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photoChidambaram Ramanathan

Ph.D., Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Smale


Background

I received my Ph. D degree from Madurai Kamaraj University in Madurai, India. I am interested in the neural mechanisms regulating circadian rhythms in mammals. My current research focuses on expression patterns of circadian clock proteins in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and other brain regions in diurnal grass rat Arvicanthis niloticus. I am also engaged with another project to compare nocturnal and diurnal animals with respect to the mechanisms controlling estrous-related events. More specifically my research investigates how the activity and reproductive patterns differ in nocturnal and diurnal species

Selected Publications

Chidambaram, R., Marimuthu, G. and Sharma, V. K. (2004) Effect of behavioural feedback on circadian clocks of the nocturnal field mouse Mus booduga. Biological Rhythm Research 35: 213-227.

Sharma, V. K., Chidambaram, R. and Kasin Yadunandam A. (2003) Melatonin enhances the sensitivity of circadian pacemakers to light in the nocturnal field mouse Mus booduga. J. Exp. Zool. 297A: 160-68.

Sharma, V. K. and Chidambaram, R. (2003) Entrainment of circadian locomotor activity rhythm of the nocturnal field mouse Mus booduga using daily injection of melatonin. J. Exp. Zool. 296A: 30-37.

 


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