The circadian molecular clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus is necessary but not sufficient for fear entrainment in the mouse.
Ivana L BussiMiriam Ben-HamoLuis E Salazar LeonLeandro P CasiraghiVictor Y ZhangAlexandra F NeitzJeffrey LeeJoseph S TakahashiJeansok John KimHoracio O de la IglesiaPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
Cyclic fearful stimuli can entrain circadian rhythms in mice, and the molecular clock within the central circadian pacemaker is necessary but not sufficient for fear-entrainment.