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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

A Functional Clock Within the Main Morning and Evening Neurons of

Pamela Menegazzi, Katharina Beer, Verena Grebler, Matthias Schlichting, Frank K Schubert, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A functional clock in only two dorsal clock neurons is sufficient to restore the basal circadian activity pattern ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. A four-oscillator model of seasonally adapted morning and evening activities in Drosophila melanogaster.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024
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  7. Integration of Circadian Clock Information in theJournal of biological rhythms · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pamela MenegazziNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Katharina BeerNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Verena GreblerNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Matthias SchlichtingNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Frank K SchubertNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Charlotte Helfrich-FörsterNeurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major challenge for all organisms that live in temperate and subpolar regions is to adapt physiology and activity to different photoperiods. A long-standing model assumes that there are morning (M) and evening (E) oscillators with different photoreceptive properties that couple to dawn and dusk, respectively, and by this way adjust activity to the different photoperiods. In the fruit fly

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clock neuronsdrosophila melanogaster meigenentrainment (light)photoperiod alterationstwo-oscillator model

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