Nocturnal illumination does not necessarily stimulate the photoperiodic response, despite mimicking the effects of constant light on the circadian system in the male Syrian hamster

Physiology & Behavior
J S FerraroF M Sulzman

Abstract

In an effort to determine the inductive component(s) of photic input in long day seasonal breeders, adult male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were exposed to one of nine lighting conditions for a duration of 10 weeks: a light-dark cycle of 14 hours of light followed by 10 hours of dark (LD 14:10, a long photoperiod); LD 10:14 (a short photoperiod); a high frequency light-dark cycle of 1 hour of light and 1 hour of dark (LD 1:1); a higher frequency light-dark cycle of 1 minute of light and 1 minute of dark (LD 1m:1m); constant light (LL); constant dark (DD); feedback lighting (LDFB; a condition that illuminates the cage in response to locomotor activity); a feedback lighting neighbor control (LDFB NC; the animal receives the same light pattern as a paired animal in LDFB, but has no control over it); or reverse feedback lighting (rLDFB; a condition that darkens an illuminated cage in response to locomotor activity). Exposure to LL, LD 1:1, LD 1m:1m, LDFB and rLDFB significantly and similarly lengthened the free-running period of the locomotor rhythm when compared to the period of animals in DD. The paired tests and accessory reproductive glands weights, spermiogenesis, seminiferous tubule diameter and serum concentrations...Continue Reading

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