寻找时间空档：社会互动。
In search of a temporal niche: social interactions.
机构信息
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
出版信息
Prog Brain Res. 2012;199:267-280. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00016-2.
Circadian rhythms can be entrained to periodic cues in the environment including the solar day, food resources, and temperature. Work on a variety of organisms has suggested that social interactions within and between species may also influence circadian rhythmicity, but conceptual and technical difficulties relating to animal models, housing environments, rhythm assays, and experimental design have complicated mechanistic investigations in the laboratory. We review these issues and introduce the gregarious Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus, as a suitable model for research on this problem. Understanding social influences on temporal organization at this supra-organismal, community level is of considerable translational value, as its implications range from conservation biology to human health.
昼夜节律可以被环境中的周期性提示所调节，包括太阳日、食物资源和温度。各种生物的研究表明，种内和种间的社会相互作用也可能影响昼夜节律，但与动物模型、饲养环境、节律测定和实验设计相关的概念和技术困难使实验室中的机制研究变得复杂。我们回顾了这些问题，并介绍了群居的尼罗河草鼠（Arvicanthis niloticus），作为研究这一问题的合适模型。了解社会对时间组织在这个超有机体、群落水平上的影响具有相当大的转化价值，因为它的影响范围从保护生物学到人类健康。
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