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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
Clorgyline, a type A monoamine oxidase inhibitor with antidepressant properties when administered to depressed patients, is often associated with disturbances of the human sleep-wake cycle. In order to assess its effects on the mammalian circadian system, this drug was administered chronically to Syrian hamsters. It was found to affect the hamster circadian system in four specific ways. Clorgyline increased the intrinsic period of wheel-running activity, altered the phase response curve to brief light pulses, altered the reduced waveform of running activity in animals maintained in light-dark cycles or constant darkness, and increased the activity-rest ratio in animals maintained in constant darkness. Our data support the interpretation that clorgyline exhibits direct or indirect input to the circadian pacemaker and alters the processing of photic information to the pacemaker.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0748-7304
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic clorgyline treatment of Syrian hamsters: an analysis of effects on the circadian pacemaker.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Psychobiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article