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The eIF2α Kinase GCN2 Modulates Period and Rhythmicity of the Circadian Clock by Translational Control of Atf4.

Author(s): Pathak SS, Liu D, Li T, de Zavalia N, Zhu L, Li J, Karthikeyan R, Alain T, Liu AC, Storch KF, Kaufman RJ, Jin VX, Amir S, Sonenberg N, Cao R

Neuron. 2019 Aug 26;: Authors: Pathak SS, Liu D, Li T, de Zavalia N, Zhu L, Li J, Karthikeyan R, Alain T, Liu AC, Storch KF, Kaufman RJ, Jin VX, Amir S, Sonenberg N, Cao R

Article GUID: 31522764
Effects of bilateral anterior agranular insula lesions on food anticipatory activity in rats.

Author(s): Gavrila AM, Hood S, Robinson B, Amir S

PLoS One. 2017;12(6):e0179370 Authors: Gavrila AM, Hood S, Robinson B, Amir S

Article GUID: 28594962
Circadian Rhythms in Regulation of Brain Processes and Role in Psychiatric Disorders.

Author(s): Pantazopoulos H, Gamble K, Stork O, Amir S

Neural Plast. 2018;2018:5892657 Authors: Pantazopoulos H, Gamble K, Stork O, Amir S PMID: 29887881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Article GUID: 29887881
Mapping the co-localization of the circadian proteins PER2 and BMAL1 with enkephalin and substance P throughout the rodent forebrain.

Author(s): Frederick A, Goldsmith J, de Zavalia N, Amir S

PLoS One. 2017;12(4):e0176279 Authors: Frederick A, Goldsmith J, de Zavalia N, Amir S

Article GUID: 28423013
Comprehensive mapping of regional expression of the clock protein PERIOD2 in rat forebrain across the 24-h day.

Author(s): Harbour VL, Weigl Y, Robinson B, Amir S

PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e76391 Authors: Harbour VL, Weigl Y, Robinson B, Amir S

Article GUID: 24124556
Phase differences in expression of circadian clock genes in the central nucleus of the amygdala, dentate gyrus, and suprachiasmatic nucleus in the rat.

Author(s): Harbour VL, Weigl Y, Robinson B, Amir S

PLoS One. 2014;9(7):e103309 Authors: Harbour VL, Weigl Y, Robinson B, Amir S

Article GUID: 25068868
Diurnal influences on electrophysiological oscillations and coupling in the dorsal striatum and cerebellar cortex of the anesthetized rat.

Author(s): Frederick A, Bourget-Murray J, Chapman CA, Amir S, Courtemanche R

Front Syst Neurosci. 2014;8:145 Authors: Frederick A, Bourget-Murray J, Chapman CA, Amir S, Courtemanche R

Article GUID: 25309348
Stress-induced changes in the expression of the clock protein PERIOD1 in the rat limbic forebrain and hypothalamus: role of stress type, time of day, and predictability.

Author(s): Al-Safadi S, Al-Safadi A, Branchaud M, Rutherford S, Dayanandan A, Robinson B, Amir S

PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e111166 Authors: Al-Safadi S, Al-Safadi A, Branchaud M, Rutherford S, Dayanandan A, Robinson B, Amir S

Article GUID: 25338089
Light-regulated translational control of circadian behavior by eIF4E phosphorylation.

Author(s): Cao R, Gkogkas CG, de Zavalia N, Blum ID, Yanagiya A, Tsukumo Y, Xu H, Lee C, Storch KF, Liu AC, Amir S, Sonenberg N

Nat Neurosci. 2015 Jun;18(6):855-62 Authors: Cao R, Gkogkas CG, de Zavalia N, Blum ID, Yanagiya A, Tsukumo Y, Xu H, Lee C, Storch KF, Liu AC, Amir S, Sonenberg N

Article GUID: 25915475
Glucocorticoids and Stress-Induced Changes in the Expression of PERIOD1 in the Rat Forebrain.

Author(s): Al-Safadi S, Branchaud M, Rutherford S, Amir S

PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0130085 Authors: Al-Safadi S, Branchaud M, Rutherford S, Amir S

Article GUID: 26075608
Circadian Rhythms and Psychopathology: From Models of Depression to Rhythms in Clock Gene Expression and Back Again.

Author(s): Verwey M, Al-Safadi S, Amir S

Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Aug 15;78(4):220-1 Authors: Verwey M, Al-Safadi S, Amir S PMID: 26195175 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Article GUID: 26195175
From genes to chronotypes: the influence of circadian clock genes on our daily patterns of sleep and wakefulness.

Author(s): Verwey M, Amir S

Ann Transl Med. 2016 May;4(9):184 Authors: Verwey M, Amir S PMID: 27275497 [PubMed]

Article GUID: 27275497
Exploring the role of locomotor sensitization in the circadian food entrainment pathway.

Author(s): Opiol H, de Zavalia N, Delorme T, Solis P, Rutherford S, Shalev U, Amir S

PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0174113 Authors: Opiol H, de Zavalia N, Delorme T, Solis P, Rutherford S, Shalev U, Amir S

Article GUID: 28301599
Individual differences in circadian locomotor parameters correlate with anxiety- and depression-like behavior.

Author(s): Anyan J, Verwey M, Amir S

PLoS One. 2017;12(8):e0181375 Authors: Anyan J, Verwey M, Amir S

Article GUID: 28763478
Too Depressed to Swim or Too Afraid to Stop? A Reinterpretation of the Forced Swim Test as a Measure of Anxiety-Like Behavior.

Author(s): Anyan J, Amir S

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 04;43(5):931-933 Authors: Anyan J, Amir S PMID: 29210364 [PubMed - in process]

Article GUID: 29210364
Title:Exploring the role of locomotor sensitization in the circadian food entrainment pathway.
Authors:Opiol H,  de Zavalia N,  Delorme T,  Solis P,  Rutherford S,  Shalev U,  Amir S
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28301599?dopt=Abstract
Category:PLoS One
PMID:28301599
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Exploring the role of locomotor sensitization in the circadian food entrainment pathway.

PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0174113

Authors: Opiol H, de Zavalia N, Delorme T, Solis P, Rutherford S, Shalev U, Amir S

Abstract

Food entrainment is the internal mechanism whereby the phase and period of circadian clock genes comes under the control of daily scheduled food availability. Food entrainment allows the body to efficiently realign the internal timing of behavioral and physiological functions such that they anticipate food intake. Food entrainment can occur with or without caloric restriction, as seen with daily schedules of restricted feeding (RF) or restricted treat (RT) that restrict food or treat intake to a single feeding time. However, the extent of clock gene control is more pronounced with caloric restriction, highlighting the role of energy balance in regulating clock genes. Recent studies have implicated dopamine (DA) to be involved in food entrainment and caloric restriction is known to affect dopaminergic pathways to enhance locomotor activity. Since food entrainment results in the development of a distinct behavioral component, called food anticipatory activity (FAA), we examined the role of locomotor sensitization (LS) in food entrainment by 1) observing whether amphetamine (AMPH) sensitization results in enhanced locomotor output of FAA and 2) measuring LS of circadian and non-circadian feeding paradigms to an acute injection of AMPH (AMPH cross-sensitization). Unexpectedly, AMPH sensitization did not show enhancement of FAA. On the contrary, LS did develop with sufficient exposure to RF. LS was present after 2 weeks of RF, but not after 1, 3 or 7 days into RF. When food was returned and rats regain their original body weight at 10-15 days post-RF, LS remained present. LS did not develop to RT, nor to feedings of a non-circadian schedule, e.g. variable restricted feeding (VRF) or variable RT (VRT). Further, when RF was timed to the dark period, LS was observed only when tested at night; RF timed to the light period resulted in LS that was present during day and night. Taken together our results show that LS develops with food entrainment to RF, an effect that is dependent on the chronicity and circadian phase of RF but independent of body weight. Given that LS involves reorganization of DA-regulated motor circuitry, our work provides indirect support for the role of DA in the food entrainment pathway of RF. The findings also suggest differences in neuronal pathways involved in LS from AMPH sensitization and LS from RF.

PMID: 28301599 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]