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Short circuiting the circadian clock

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A recent report in Cell shows that the transcription and translation cycles that drive the molecular circadian clock may also be regulated by electrical activity.

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  1. the Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University Medical School, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    Anthony N. van den Pol

  2. the Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, USA

    Karl Obrietan

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