Somatostatin agonist pasireotide promotes a physiological state resembling short-day acclimatization in the photoperiodic male Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

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Orchestration of gene expression across the seasons : Hypothalamic gene expression in natural photoperiod throughout the year in the Siberian hamster

Funding for work in the laboratory of PB was supported by Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division, BBSRC (grant BB/M001504/1), British Society for Neuroendocrinology (research visit grant to IP). Work in the laboratory of SS was supported by a grant from the DFG (Ste 331/8-1). We thank Siegried Hilken, Marianne Brüning, Dr. Esther Lipokatic-Takacs and Dr. Frank Scherbarth at UVMH for technical assistance. We thank Graham Horgan of Bioinformatics, Statistics Scotland for assistance with some of statistical tests.