Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa; Martha Hotz Vitaterna; Fred W. Turek

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037668

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Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa,

Affiliations Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Martha Hotz Vitaterna,

Affiliation Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Fred W. Turek

* E-mail: fturek@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Environmental Perturbation of the Circadian Clock Disrupts Pregnancy in the Mouse

Keith C. Summa,
Martha Hotz Vitaterna,
Fred W. Turek

Published: May 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037668

About the Authors

Keith C. Summa

Affiliations Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Martha Hotz Vitaterna

Affiliation Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Fred W. Turek

* E-mail: fturek@northwestern.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FWT MHV. Performed the experiments: MHV KCS. Analyzed the data: MHV KCS. Wrote the paper: KCS MHV FWT.

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