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Table 2 PMT data from food deprived animals and age and time matched control

From: A riot of rhythms: neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus

Animal/Tissue

n

% Rhythmic

Period (hours)

Phase (hours after cull)

Amplitude (arbitrary units)

Rate of Damping (days)

Food deprived animals

      

Whole MBH

5

100

22.9 ± 0.1

34.2 ± 1.9

257 ± 73

6.5 ± 1.6

DMH

11

100

24.9 ± 0.6

30.7 ± 1.2

183 ± 38

2.4 ± 0.4

Arc/ME/PT

11

100

23.9 ± 0.6

35.8 ± 2.1*

181 ± 49

4.5 ± 1.2

SCN

9

100

24.6 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 0.8^

3701 ± 758

∞

Controls

      

Whole MBH

5

100

23.7 ± 0.6

31.0 ± 1.6

239 ± 53

5.1 ± 0.6

DMH

8

100

23.8 ± 1.0

29.8 ± 0.4

157 ± 83

1.9 ± 0.4

Arc/ME/PT

8

100

23.4 ± 0.6

31.3 ± 0.8

191 ± 37

4.8 ± 0.5

SCN

5

100

24.3 ± 0.09

9.0 ± 0.5^

3882 ± 672

∞

  1. ^ phase for SCN cultures is in Zeitgeber time, not time from cull, as SCN rhythms are not reset by cull/culture procedure.
  2. * p < 0.05 vs control animals