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  • Chronobiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Nocturnal mice exhibit food anticipatory rhythms when fed during the light period, presumed adaptive for aligning behavior with predictable mealtimes.
  • Previous research suggested daytime feeding impairs cognitive functions like object memory and fear conditioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate the impact of daytime feeding schedules on cognitive processes in mice.
  • To investigate whether cognitive impairments are dependent on specific testing methodologies and time of day.

Main Methods:

  • Mice were restricted to a 6-hour daily meal during the middle of the light or dark period.
  • Object memory was tested at four different times of day.
  • Experimental procedures from previous studies were replicated to assess object memory, spontaneous alternation, and contextual fear conditioning.
  • Hippocampal clock gene expression was analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Daytime feeding did not impair object memory, nor did object memory show circadian variation in either feeding group.
  • Replicating previous methods, daytime feeding induced food anticipatory rhythms and shifted hippocampal clock genes but did not impair object memory.
  • Spontaneous alternation and contextual fear conditioning were also unaffected by daytime feeding.

Conclusions:

  • Hippocampal memory function in mice is robust to time of day and daytime feeding schedules.
  • Contrary to previous reports, daytime feeding does not appear to impair key cognitive processes essential for survival.