Abstract
We examined both spontaneous and light-evoked expression of junB mRNA in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), an endogenous circadian pacemaker. junB was expressed in the SCN in response to a light pulse during the subjective night and early subjective day as well as spontaneously during the transition from subjective night to subjective day. Light-evoked expression was strongest in the ventral SCN, while spontaneous expression was stronger in the dorsal SCN. Spontaneous expression began around subjective dawn and persisted for at least 4 h into the subjective day. The expression of junB mRNA may play a role in both phase-shifting responses to light and in spontaneous oscillation of the SCN pacemaker.
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