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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 445-457Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406293910
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Drosophila; pacemaker neurons; circadian rhythms; clock output; pigment dispersing factor; E and M oscillators
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Molecular oscillations that underlie the circadian clock are coupled to different output signals by which daily rhythms in downstream events are evoked and/or synchronized. Here the authors review the literature that describes circadian output mechanisms in Drosophila. They begin at the most proximal level, within oscillator cells themselves, by surveying studies of rhythmic gene expression within Drosophila heads. Next the authors describe the several neuron groups that compose the circadian pacemaker network underlying rhythmic locomotor activity, and they detail current models of how that network is organized and coordinated. The authors outline the body of evidence that describes a role for the neuropeptide pigment dispersing factor (PDF) as a circadian transmitter in the fly brain. Finally, in the context of PDF, they consider studies that address mechanisms of signaling from the circadian pacemaker network to downstream neurons and nonneuronal cells that directly control rhythmic outputs.
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