BioMed Research International

Circadian System Development and Plasticity


Publishing date
16 May 2014
Status
Published
Submission deadline
27 Dec 2013

Lead Editor

1Laboratory of Chronobiology, IHEM-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, UNCuyo, Parque Gral. San Martín, CC 56, Mendoza, Argentina

2CIQUIBIC (CONICET), Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina

3Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute 24.2, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark


Circadian System Development and Plasticity

Description

Circadian clocks drive 24 h oscillations in physiology and behavior from algae to humans, using light cycles as the main synchronizing input. The questions of where, when, and how these rhythms take place have inspired amazing advances in the field of circadian biology, resulting in the fine elucidation of the major molecular features. Nevertheless, it is of special interest to continue our efforts to understand the cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms behind the ontogeny and plasticity of circadian clocks. This special issue anticipates attracting those investigators in the field willing to contribute with original research articles as well as review articles that question or address current concepts on the ontogenetic processes involved in circadian timing systems, taking advantage of the state-of-the-art technology and model organisms available. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Recent advances in cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms responsible for the establishment and maintenance of circadian phenotypes
  • Crosstalk between ontogenetic networks and circadian clock machinery
  • Influence of internal and external signals on the initiation and persistence of circadian oscillations
  • Structural and functional plasticity throughout circadian timing system development
  • Developmental disorders with circadian implications
  • Cellular and animal models to study ontogeny and plasticity of circadian clocks
  • Latest technologies to further understand mechanisms behind circadian phenotypes
  • Latest computational approaches in the field of circadian clock research

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/bmri/developmental.biology/circad/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 436760
  • - Editorial

Circadian System Development and Plasticity

Martin Fredensborg Rath | Yoav Gothilf | ... | Estela Muñoz
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 243825
  • - Research Article

Morphological Changes in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus of Aging Female Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Rovena Clara G. J. Engelberth | Kayo Diogenes de A. Silva | ... | Jeferson S. Cavalcante
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 646847
  • - Research Article

Early Appearance of Nonvisual and Circadian Markers in the Developing Inner Retinal Cells of Chicken

Nicolás M. Díaz | Luis P. Morera | ... | Mario E. Guido
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 424982
  • - Research Article

Circadian Modulation of the Cl Equilibrium Potential in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

Javier Alamilla | Azucena Perez-Burgos | ... | Raúl Aguilar-Roblero
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 654710
  • - Research Article

Regulation of Melanopsins and Per1 by α-MSH and Melatonin in Photosensitive Xenopus laevis Melanophores

Maria Nathália de Carvalho Magalhães Moraes | Luciane Rogéria dos Santos | ... | Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 170795
  • - Research Article

The Effect of Different Photoperiods in Circadian Rhythms of Per3 Knockout Mice

D. S. Pereira | D. R. van der Veen | ... | M. Pedrazzoli
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 946075
  • - Review Article

Homeobox Genes and Melatonin Synthesis: Regulatory Roles of the Cone-Rod Homeobox Transcription Factor in the Rodent Pineal Gland

Kristian Rohde | Morten Møller | Martin Fredensborg Rath
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 235781
  • - Review Article

Functional Development of the Circadian Clock in the Zebrafish Pineal Gland

Zohar Ben-Moshe | Nicholas S. Foulkes | Yoav Gothilf
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 590581
  • - Research Article

Synchronization by Food Access Modifies the Daily Variations in Expression and Activity of Liver GABA Transaminase

Dalia De Ita-Pérez | Isabel Méndez | ... | Mauricio Díaz-Muñoz
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 930308
  • - Research Article

Developmental Stage-Specific Regulation of the Circadian Clock by Temperature in Zebrafish

Kajori Lahiri | Nadine Froehlich | ... | Daniela Vallone
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