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ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2015

The Importance of Stochastic Effects for Explaining Entrainment in the Zebrafish Circadian Clock.

Raphaela Heussen, David Whitmore

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Article in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raphaela HeussenCoMPLEX, UCL, Physics Building, Gower Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
David WhitmoreDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
University College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E016014/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I004823/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The circadian clock plays a pivotal role in modulating physiological processes and has been implicated, either directly or indirectly, in a range of pathological states including cancer. Here we investigate how the circadian clock is entrained by external cues such as light. Working with zebrafish cell lines and combining light pulse experiments with simulation efforts focused on the role of synchronization effects, we find that even very modest doses of light exposure are sufficient to trigger some entrainment, whereby a higher light intensity or duration correlates with strength of the circadian signal. Moreover, we observe in the simulations that stochastic effects may be considered an essential feature of the circadian clock in order to explain the circadian signal decay in prolonged darkness, as well as light initiated resynchronization as a strong component of entrainment.

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AnimalsCell LineCircadian ClocksComputational BiologyComputer SimulationMathematical ConceptsModels, BiologicalPhotic StimulationStochastic ProcessesZebrafish

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PMID26649069
PMCPMC4663325
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