“…Interestingly, a time-of-day dependence in learning and memory and in its cellular correlate, long term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission, has been observed in several species (Chaudhury and Colwell, 2002;Sakai et al, 2004;Valentinuzzi et al, 2004;Chaudhury et al, 2005;Lyons et al, 2005Lyons et al, , 2006. Although disintegration of the mammalian circadian system affects learning (Ruby et al, 2008), information on the molecular signatures and dynamics, in this context is sparse at present (Tischkau et al, 2007;Eckel-Mahan et al, 2008;Feillet et al, 2008).…”