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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Chidambaram
Ramanathan 