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Chronic centrifugation (hypergravity) disrupts the circadian system of the rat

¹Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, 95192-0100; and ²Life Sciences Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035

Submitted 31 July 2002 ; accepted in final form 21 May 2003

The present study was conducted to evaluate the response of rat deep body temperature (DBT) and gross locomotor activity (LMA) circadian rhythms to acute hypergravity onset and adaptation to chronic (14 day) hypergravity exposure over three gravity intensities (1.25, 1.5, and 2 G). Centrifugation of unanesthetized naive animals resulted in a dramatic acute decrease in DBT (-1.45, -2.40, and -3.09°C for the 1.25, 1.5, and 2.0 G groups, respectively). LMA was suppressed for the duration of centrifugation (vs. control period); the percent decrease for each group on days 12-14, respectively, was 1.0 G, -15.2%, P = not significant; 1.25 G, -26.9%, P < 0.02; 1.5 G, -44.5%, P < 0.01; and 2.0 G, -63.1%, P < 0.002. The time required for DBT and LMA circadian rhythmic adaptation and stabilization to hypergravity onset increased from 1.25 to 2.0 G in all circadian metrics except daily means. Periodicity analysis detected the phenomenon of circadian rhythm splitting, which has not been reported previously in response to chronic hypergravity exposure. Our analysis documents the disruptive and dose-dependent effects of hypergravity on circadian rhythmicity and the time course of adaptation to 14-day chronic centrifugation exposure.

circadian rhythm; body temperature; locomotor activity; rhythm splitting

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