Binary switching of calendar cells in the pituitary defines the phase of the circannual cycle in mammals
Persistent free-running circannual (approximately year-long) rhythms have evolved in animals to regulate hormone cycles, drive metabolic rhythms (including hibernation), and time annual reproduction. Recent studies have defined the photoperiodic input to this rhythm, wherein melatonin acts on thyrot...
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Cell Press
2015
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