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Regulation of Seasonal Reproduction in Mollusks by Wayne, Nancy L.

“…Understanding the physiological basis of environmental regulation of reproduction at the cellular level has been difficult or unfeasible in vertebrate species…”
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Photoperiodic synchronization of a circannual reproductive rhythm in sheep: identification of season-specific time cues by WOODFILL, C. J. I, WAYNE, N. L, MOENTER, S. M, KARSCH, F. J

“…Seasonal reproduction in the ewe is generated by an endogenous circannual rhythm of reproductive neuroendocrine activity. Exposure to as few as 70 days of…”
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Regulation of insulin of a unique neuronal Ca2+ pool and of neuropeptide secretion by JONAS, E. A, KNOX, R. J, SMITH, T. C. M, WAYNE, N. L, CONNOR, J. A, KACZMAREK, L. K

“…The insulin receptor is a tyrosine kinase receptor that is found in mammalian brain and at high concentrations in the bag cell neurons of Aplysia. We show here…”
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The neuroendocrine bag cells of Aplysia: a model system for neural control of hormone secretion by Wayne, N L

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Regulation of the onset of the breeding season of the ewe: importance of long days and of an endogenous reproductive rhythm by Malpaux, B, Robinson, J E, Wayne, N L, Karsch, F J

“…Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the role that the increasing day lengths of late winter and spring play in timing the breeding season of the…”
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Persistent activation of calcium-activated and calcium-independent protein kinase C in response to electrical afterdischarge from peptidergic neurons of Aplysia by Wayne, Nancy L, Lee, Wenjau, Kim, Yun J

“…The purpose of this work was to investigate the effects of electrical afterdischarge on protein kinase C (PKC) activity from bag cell neurons (BCNs) of…”
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Ultradian endocrine rhythms are altered by a circadian mutation in the Syrian hamster by Loudon, A S, Wayne, N L, Krieg, R, Iranmanesh, A, Veldhuis, J D, Menaker, M

“…A single gene defect of the circadian clock (tau mutation) has recently been described that results in a shortening of the circadian activity cycle of the…”
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Persistence of hormone secretion from neuroendocrine cells of aplysia after termination of electrical afterdischarge by Wayne, N L, Wong, H

“…The bag cell neurons of the marine mollusk Aplysia have been used extensively for investigating the electrophysiology and molecular biology of neurosecretory…”
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How does melatonin code for day length in the ewe: duration of nocturnal melatonin release or coincidence of melatonin with a light-entrained sensitive period? by Wayne, N.L, Malpaux, B, Karsch, F.J

“…The main objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that the phase of melatonin release with respect to the light-dark cycle mediates the effects of…”
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Refractoriness to inhibitory day lengths initiates the breeding season of the Suffolk ewe by ROBINSON, J. E, WAYNE, N. L, KARSCH, F. J

“…Recent evidence indicates that the breeding season of the Suffolk ewe ends because of loss of response to a day length that was previously inductive. This…”
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Developmental dissociation of excitability and secretory ability in Aplysia bag cell neurons by Nick, T A, Moreira, J E, Kaczmarek, L K, Carew, T J, Wayne, N L

“…1. Despite the considerable progress made in understanding the role of electrical activity in triggering secretion, the developmental relationships between…”
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Termination of the breeding season in the Suffolk ewe: Involvement of an endogenous rhythm of reproduction by Malpaux, B, Wayne, N, Karsch, F

“…Two studies were performed to determine if the transition into anestrus in the Suffolk ewe results from the lack of a decrease in photoperiod, a signal…”
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Effects of photoperiod and social variables on reproduction and growth in the male musk shrew (Suncus murinus) by Wayne, N L, Rissman, E F

“…In Exp. 1, the time course for the photoperiodic response in juvenile male musk shrews was examined by exposing animals to short (10L:14D) or long (14L:10D or…”
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Melatonin and photorefractoriness: loss of response to the melatonin signal leads to seasonal reproductive transitions in the ewe by KARSCH, F. J, BITTMAN, E. L, ROBINSON, J. E, YELLON, S. M, WAYNE, N. L, OLSTER, D. H, KAYNARD, A. H

“…Experiments were conducted to examine whether the refractoriness of the Suffolk ewe to the reproductive effects of day length is associated with a deficit in…”
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Social cues can play a role in timing onset of the breeding season of the ewe by Wayne, N L, Malpaux, B, Karsch, F J

“…Female Suffolk sheep were pinealectomized around the vernal equinox to eliminate the major environmental input to the reproductive system (photoperiod) and…”
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Effects of food restriction and social cues on sexual maturation and growth in male musk shrews (Suncus murinus) by Wayne, N L, Wade, G N, Rissman, E F

“…In the first experiment, the effects of food availability on growth and reproduction were assessed by placing male musk shrews on 3 different feeding…”
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Whole-Cell Electrophysiology of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons that Express Green Fluorescent Protein in the Terminal Nerve of Transgenic Medaka (Oryzias latipes) by WAYNE, Nancy L, KUWAHARA, Kenrick, AIDA, Katsumi, NAGAHAMA, Yoshitaka, OKUBO, Kataaki

“…Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) controls reproduction in vertebrates. Most studies have focused on the population of GnRH neurons in the hypothalamus…”
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Effects of Photoperiod and Temperature on Egg-Laying Behavior in a Marine Mollusk, Aplysia californica by Wayne, Nancy L., Block, Gene D.

“…The primary purpose of these studies was to determine whether photoperiodic signals could influence seasonal egg-laying behavior in the marine mollusk, Aplysia…”
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An activity-dependent switch to cap-independent translation triggered by eIF4E dephosphorylation by Sossin, Wayne S, Dyer, John R, Michel, Stephan, Lee, Wenjau, Castellucci, Vincent F, Wayne, Nancy L

“…The rate of translation of egg-laying hormone (ELH) in Aplysia californica bag cell neurons rises after an afterdischarge (AD), the physiological trigger for…”
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Neurohormone Secretion Persists after Post-Afterdischarge Membrane Depolarization and Cytosolic Calcium Elevation in Peptidergic Neurons in Intact Nervous Tissue by Michel, Stephan, Wayne, Nancy L

“…The purpose of this work was to test the hypothesis that an electrical afterdischarge (AD) causes prolonged elevation in cytosolic calcium levels that is…”
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