Diurnal rodents as an advantageous model for affective disorders: novel data from diurnal degu (Octodon degus)

Effects of circadian phase and melatonin injection on anxiety-like behavior in nocturnal and diurnal rodents

(2013) Carmel Bilu et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Activity Rhythms and Masking Response in the Diurnal Fat Sand Rat Under Laboratory Conditions

(2013) Orly Barak et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Responses of brain and behavior to changing day-length in the diurnal grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

(2013) G. Leach et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Depression-Like Responses Induced by Daytime Light Deficiency in the Diurnal Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

(2013) Greg Leach et al.   PLoS One

Circadian patterns of gene expression in the human brain and disruption in major depressive disorder

(2013) J. Z. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acute Behavioral Responses to Light and Darkness in Nocturnal Mus musculus and Diurnal Arvicanthis niloticus

(2012) D.D. Shuboni et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Effects of morning compared with evening bright light administration to ameliorate short-photoperiod induced depression- and anxiety-like behaviors in a diurnal rodent model

(2012) Katy Krivisky et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

There's more to life than rats and flies

(2012) Jessica Bolker   NATURE

Circadian rhythms and depression: Human psychopathology and animal models

(2011) Noga Kronfeld-Schor et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Antidepressants Reverse Short-Photoperiod-Induced, Forced Swim Test Depression-Like Behavior in the Diurnal Fat Sand Rat: Further Support for the Utilization of Diurnal Rodents for Modeling Affective Disorders

(2011) Katy Krivisky et al.   NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY

Octodon degus. A useful animal model for social-affective neuroscience research: Basic description of separation distress, social attachments and play

(2011) Valentina Colonnello et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Nonlinear Analysis of Motor Activity Shows Differences between Schizophrenia and Depression: A Study Using Fourier Analysis and Sample Entropy

(2011) Erik R. Hauge et al.   PLoS One

The Effect of the Lunar Cycle on Fecal Cortisol Metabolite Levels and Foraging Ecology of Nocturnally and Diurnally Active Spiny Mice

(2011) Roee Gutman et al.   PLoS One

Disruption of circadian clocks has ramifications for metabolism, brain, and behavior

(2011) I. N. Karatsoreos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Circadian clocks in mood-related behaviors

(2010) Urs Albrecht   ANNALS OF MEDICINE

The Mammalian Circadian Timing System: Organization and Coordination of Central and Peripheral Clocks

(2010) Charna Dibner et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

Inconsistent effects of photoperiod manipulations in tests for affective-like changes in mice

(2010) Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY

The Substructure of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Similarities between Nocturnal and Diurnal Spiny Mice

(2010) Rotem Cohen et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Light Masking in the Field: An Experiment with Nocturnal and Diurnal Spiny Mice Under Semi-natural Field Conditions

(2010) Shay Rotics et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Brief periods of positive peer interactions mitigate the effects of total social isolation in young Octodon degus

(2010) Valentina Colonnello et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Masking and Temporal Niche Switches in Spiny Mice

(2010) Rotem Cohen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Effects of bright light treatment on depression- and anxiety-like behaviors of diurnal rodents maintained on a short daylight schedule

(2009) Tal Ashkenazy et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Rapid and Sustained Antidepressant Response with Sleep Deprivation and Chronotherapy in Bipolar Disorder

(2009) Joseph C. Wu et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Plasticity of Circadian Activity and Body Temperature Rhythms in Golden Spiny Mice

(2009) Rotem Cohen et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

A multistage chronobiologic intervention for the treatment of depression: A pilot study

(2009) Lucian Moscovici et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

It is darkness and not light: Depression-like behaviors of diurnal unstriped Nile grass rats maintained under a short photoperiod schedule

(2009) Tal Ashkenazy-Frolinger et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Circadian Timing of Food Intake Contributes to Weight Gain

(2009) Deanna M. Arble et al.   Obesity

Adverse metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of circadian misalignment

(2009) F. A. J. L. Scheer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenomic, Convergent Functional Genomic, and biomarker studies in a stress-reactive genetic animal model of bipolar disorder and co-morbid alcoholism

(2008) H. Le-Niculescu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS

Rhythms in a diurnal brain

(2008) Laura Smale et al.   BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH

Circadian organization of the diurnal Caviomorph rodent,Octodon degus

(2008) Megan H. Hagenauer et al.   BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH

Serotonergic activation potentiates light resetting of the main circadian clock and alters clock gene expression in a diurnal rodent

(2008) Marc Cuesta et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

We are in the dark here: induction of depression- and anxiety-like behaviours in the diurnal fat sand rat, by short daylight or melatonin injections

(2008) Tal Ashkenazy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Attenuation of high sweet solution preference by mood stabilizers: A possible mouse model for the increased reward-seeking domain of mania

(2008) Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Short day-length increases sucrose consumption and adiposity in rats fed a high-fat diet

(2008) Natalia Sinitskaya et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY