Gerald A Lincoln

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Affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Prolactin actions in the sheep testis: a test of the priming hypothesis
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh EH3 9ET, United Kingdom
    Biol Reprod 65:936-43. 2001
  2. ncbi Characterizing a mammalian circannual pacemaker
    Gerald A Lincoln
    Centre for Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh, Queen s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
    Science 314:1941-4. 2006
  3. ncbi Melatonin entrainment of circannual rhythms
    Gerald A Lincoln
    MRC Biological Timing Group, University of Edinburgh, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
    Chronobiol Int 23:301-6. 2006
  4. ncbi Decoding the nightly melatonin signal through circadian clockwork
    Gerald A Lincoln
    MRC Biological Timing Group, University of Edinburgh, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 252:69-73. 2006
  5. ncbi Photorefractoriness in mammals: dissociating a seasonal timer from the circadian-based photoperiod response
    Gerald A Lincoln
    The Queen s Medical Research Instiute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Endocrinology 146:3782-90. 2005
  6. ncbi Clock genes in calendar cells as the basis of annual timekeeping in mammals--a unifying hypothesis
    G A Lincoln
    Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Chancellor s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
    J Endocrinol 179:1-13. 2003
  7. ncbi Prolactin cycles in sheep under constant photoperiod: evidence that photorefractoriness develops within the pituitary gland independently of the prolactin output signal
    G A Lincoln
    Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom
    Biol Reprod 69:1416-23. 2003
  8. ncbi Neuroendocrine regulation of seasonal gonadotrophin and prolactin rhythms: lessons from the Soay ram model
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street Edinburgh EH3 9ET, UK
    Reprod Suppl 59:131-47. 2002
  9. ncbi The irritable male syndrome
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, UK
    Reprod Fertil Dev 13:567-76. 2001
  10. ncbi Clock genes and the long-term regulation of prolactin secretion: evidence for a photoperiod/circannual timer in the pars tuberalis
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Chancellor s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, Scotland, UK
    J Neuroendocrinol 15:390-7. 2003

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  1. ncbi Prolactin actions in the sheep testis: a test of the priming hypothesis
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh EH3 9ET, United Kingdom
    Biol Reprod 65:936-43. 2001
    ..Testis diameter and inhibin A were marginally increased in group B + PRL. Overall, this thorough experiment provides minimal support for the priming hypothesis...
  2. ncbi Characterizing a mammalian circannual pacemaker
    Gerald A Lincoln
    Centre for Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh, Queen s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
    Science 314:1941-4. 2006
    ..These new insights open the way for a molecular analysis of long-term timing mechanisms...
  3. ncbi Melatonin entrainment of circannual rhythms
    Gerald A Lincoln
    MRC Biological Timing Group, University of Edinburgh, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
    Chronobiol Int 23:301-6. 2006
    ..This paper focuses on the pars tuberalis (PT) of the mammalian pituitary gland as a model melatonin-responsive tissue to investigate the molecular basis of these two basic long-term timing processes...
  4. ncbi Decoding the nightly melatonin signal through circadian clockwork
    Gerald A Lincoln
    MRC Biological Timing Group, University of Edinburgh, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 252:69-73. 2006
    ..The melatonin signal is thus decoded through circadian clock genes...
  5. ncbi Photorefractoriness in mammals: dissociating a seasonal timer from the circadian-based photoperiod response
    Gerald A Lincoln
    The Queen s Medical Research Instiute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Endocrinology 146:3782-90. 2005
    ..Under constant photoperiod the two timers can dissociate, leading to the apparent refractory state...
  6. ncbi Clock genes in calendar cells as the basis of annual timekeeping in mammals--a unifying hypothesis
    G A Lincoln
    Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Chancellor s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
    J Endocrinol 179:1-13. 2003
    ....
  7. ncbi Prolactin cycles in sheep under constant photoperiod: evidence that photorefractoriness develops within the pituitary gland independently of the prolactin output signal
    G A Lincoln
    Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom
    Biol Reprod 69:1416-23. 2003
    ..The results support the conclusion that photorefractoriness is regulated at the level of the pituitary gland independently of the PRL output signal...
  8. ncbi Neuroendocrine regulation of seasonal gonadotrophin and prolactin rhythms: lessons from the Soay ram model
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street Edinburgh EH3 9ET, UK
    Reprod Suppl 59:131-47. 2002
    ....
  9. ncbi The irritable male syndrome
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, UK
    Reprod Fertil Dev 13:567-76. 2001
    ..The working hypothesis is that IMS is a transition state associated with low hypothalamic amine levels triggered, in part, by the withdrawal of opioid peptides...
  10. ncbi Clock genes and the long-term regulation of prolactin secretion: evidence for a photoperiod/circannual timer in the pars tuberalis
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Chancellor s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, Scotland, UK
    J Neuroendocrinol 15:390-7. 2003
    ..A speculative, but testable, extension of this hypothesis is that intrinsically regulated changes in the phase of Per/Cry rhythms, regulates both photorefractoriness and the generation of circannual rhythms in prolactin secretion...
  11. ncbi Noradrenaline and dopamine regulation of prolactin secretion in sheep: role in prolactin homeostasis but not photoperiodism
    G A Lincoln
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, UK
    J Neuroendocrinol 14:36-44. 2002
    ..In contrast, the lack of responses to the antagonists in the HPD rams, support the view that neither DA, nor NA, mediate the photoperiodic control of PRL secretion...
  12. ncbi Temporal expression of seven clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the pars tuberalis of the sheep: evidence for an internal coincidence timer
    Gerald Lincoln
    Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, Scotland, UK
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:13890-5. 2002
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  13. ncbi Multiple effects of melatonin on rhythmic clock gene expression in the mammalian pars tuberalis
    Jonathan D Johnston
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    Endocrinology 147:959-65. 2006
    ..Our results provide the first example of acute sensitivity of multiple clock genes to one endocrine stimulus and suggest that rising melatonin levels may reset circadian rhythms in the PT, independently of previous phase...
  14. ncbi Hypothesis: cyclical histogenesis is the basis of circannual timing
    David G Hazlerigg
    Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    J Biol Rhythms 26:471-85. 2011
    ..In this review, the authors discuss how testing this hypothesis will depend on the use of cellular/molecular tools and animal models borrowed from developmental biology and neural stem cell research...
  15. ncbi Sheep exhibit novel variations in the organization of the mammalian type II gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene
    Paula M Gault
    Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, University of Edinburgh Academic Centre, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom
    Endocrinology 145:2362-74. 2004
    ..Testis and pituitary sections were negative with exon 1 riboprobes and exon 1 or 2-3 oligonucleotide probes in in situ hybridization. A hepta-helical type II GnRH receptor is therefore not expressed from this sheep gene...
  16. ncbi An investigation of the effectiveness of testosterone implants in combination with the prolactin inhibitor quinagolide in the suppression of spermatogenesis in men
    W Morton Hair
    MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
    Hum Reprod 18:749-55. 2003
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  17. ncbi A physiological model of a circannual oscillator
    Duncan J Macgregor
    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    J Biol Rhythms 23:252-64. 2008
    ..The circannual oscillation requires a delayed negative feedback mechanism. The authors highlight specific features of the pituitary dynamics as a guide to future research on circannual rhythms...
  18. ncbi Long-day suppressed expression of type 2 deiodinase gene in the mediobasal hypothalamus of the Saanen goat, a short-day breeder: implication for seasonal window of thyroid hormone action on reproductive neuroendocrine axis
    Shinobu Yasuo
    Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa ku, Nagoya 464 8601, Japan
    Endocrinology 147:432-40. 2006
    ..This long-day suppression of Dio2 may provide a mechanism that accounts for the lack of responsiveness to thyroxine during the mid to late anestrus...
  19. ncbi Photoperiod effects on gene expression for hypothalamic appetite-regulating peptides and food intake in the ram
    Iain J Clarke
    Prince Henry s Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284:R101-15. 2003
    ..We conclude that photoperiod-induced increase in VFI correlates with expression of NPY, but not with expression of genes for other putative orexigenic peptides. Ob-Rb gene expression is regulated by photoperiod...
  20. ncbi Influence of photoperiod and gonadal status on food intake, adiposity, and gene expression of hypothalamic appetite regulators in a seasonal mammal
    Chantacha Anukulkitch
    Prince Henry s Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 292:R242-52. 2007
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  21. ncbi Redefining the limits of day length responsiveness in a seasonal mammal
    Gabriela C Wagner
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom
    Endocrinology 149:32-9. 2008
    ..This adaptive mechanism may be related to the latitude of origin and the timing of the seasonal transitions...
  22. ncbi Ancestral TSH mechanism signals summer in a photoperiodic mammal
    Elodie A Hanon
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
    Curr Biol 18:1147-52. 2008
    ..In mammals this provides the missing link between the pineal melatonin signal and thyroid-dependent seasonal biology...