Hugh David Piggins

The paper compares circadian membrane rhythms in mouse and Drosophila pacemaker neurons, finding conserved functional goals but divergent electrophysiological mechanisms across species.

This study modifies the 3-chamber test to better assess affiliative social motivation in mice by incorporating direct interaction and social status, revealing sex differences and challenges to assumptions about sociability.

This study examines how sex and age affect circadian and infradian rhythms in mice, finding sex- and age-specific differences in activity patterns and physiological responses to isolation.

The paper shows that the dorsal vagal complex has circadian rhythms regulated by meal timing, with clock genes and their targets expressed rhythmically in vivo.

The paper investigates how short-term high-fat diet affects circadian rhythms and neuronal activity in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract, impacting satiety control.

The paper shows that DMV neuronal activity varies daily and is modulated by diet, with high-fat diets paradoxically increasing daily variation but reducing responsiveness to metabolic neuromodulators.