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Alena Sumová is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work involves several subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research broadly addresses topics such as Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Dietary Effects on Health, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Sleep and related disorders, Spaceflight effects on biology, and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Chronotype assessment via a large scale socio-demographic survey favours yearlong Standard time over Daylight Saving Time in central Europe (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Generation of a Novel Rat Model of Angelman Syndrome with a Complete Ube3a Gene Deletion (2020, Autism Research)
  • Population-representative study reveals cardiovascular and metabolic disease biomarkers associated with misaligned sleep schedules (2023, SLEEP)
  • Early rhythmicity in the fetal suprachiasmatic nuclei in response to maternal signals detected by omics approach (2022, PLoS Biology)
  • Glucocorticoids reset circadian clock in choroid plexus via period genes (2020, Journal of Endocrinology)

Alena Sumová frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably Martin Sládek, Pavel Houdek, Tereza Dočkal, Karolína Liška, and Kateryna Semenovykh. These collaborations contribute to their extensive publication record.

The scientist's work often appears in specialized journals with repeat contributions in venues such as Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, IBRO Neuroscience Reports, PLoS Biology, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and Acta Physiologica.

Best Publications

  • The rat suprachiasmatic nucleus is a clock for all seasons.

    A. Sumova;Z. Travnickova;R. Peters;William Schwartz

  • Insight Into the Circadian Clock Within Rat Colonic Epithelial Cells

    Martin Sládek;Markéta Rybová;Zuzana Jindráková;Zdena Zemanová

  • Insight into molecular core clock mechanism of embryonic and early postnatal rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Martin Sládek;Alena Sumová;Zuzana Kováčiková;Zdenka Bendová

  • Cross-talk between the circadian clock and the cell cycle in cancer.

    Matúš Soták;Alena Sumová;Jiří Pácha

  • Clock gene daily profiles and their phase relationship in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus are affected by photoperiod.

    Alena Sumová;Martin Jáč;Martin Sládek;Ivo Šauman

  • The circadian system of patients with bipolar disorder differs in episodes of mania and depression

    Marta Nováková;Ján Praško;Klára Látalová;Martin Sládek

  • Postnatal ontogenesis of the circadian clock within the rat liver

    Martin Sládek;Zuzana Jindráková;Zdenka Bendová;Alena Sumová

  • Spontaneous rhythm in c-Fos immunoreactivity in the dorsomedial part of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Alena Sumová;Zdeňka Trávnı́čková;Jens D Mikkelsen;Helena Illnerová

  • Expression of clock and clock-driven genes in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus during late fetal and early postnatal development.

    Zuzana Kováčiková;Martin Sládek;Zdenka Bendová;Helena Illnerová

  • Hepatic, duodenal, and colonic circadian clocks differ in their persistence under conditions of constant light and in their entrainment by restricted feeding.

    Lenka Polidarová;Martin Sládek;Matúš Soták;Jiří Pácha

  • Photic Entrainment of the Mammalian Rhythm in Melatonin Production

    Helena Illnerová;Alena Sumová

  • Circadian regulation of epithelial functions in the intestine

    J. Pácha;A. Sumová

  • Salivary melatonin rhythm as a marker of the circadian system in healthy children and those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Marta Nováková;Ivo Paclt;Radek Ptáček;Hana Kuželová

  • Serotonergic antagonists impair arousal-induced phase shifts of the circadian system of the Syrian hamster

    A. Sumova;E.S. Maywood;D. Selvage;F.J.P. Ebling

  • Daily profiles of arginine vasopressin mRNA in the suprachiasmatic, supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the rat hypothalamus under various photoperiods.

    Martin Jáč;Alexander Kiss;Alena Sumová;Helena Illnerová

  • An association between clock genes and clock-controlled cell cycle genes in murine colorectal tumors

    Matúš Soták;Lenka Polidarová;Peter Ergang;Alena Sumová

  • Spontaneous c-Fos rhythm in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: location and effect of photoperiod

    Alena Sumová;Zdeňka Trávníčková;Helena Illnerová

  • Human chronotype is determined in bodily cells under real-life conditions.

    Marta Nováková;Martin Sládek;Alena Sumová

  • Temporal gradient in the clock gene and cell-cycle checkpoint kinase Wee1 expression along the gut.

    Lenka Polidarová;Matúš Soták;Martin Sládek;Jiří Pácha

  • Moderate Changes in the Circadian System of Alzheimer's Disease Patients Detected in Their Home Environment

    Kamila Weissová;Aleš Bartoš;Aleš Bartoš;Martin Sládek;Marta Nováková

  • Photoperiod-dependent correlation between light-induced SCN c-fos expression and resetting of circadian phase.

    Z. Travnickova;A. Sumova;R. Peters;W. J. Schwartz

  • Influence of photoperiod duration and light-dark transitions on entrainment of Per1 and Per2 gene and protein expression in subdivisions of the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Serhiy Sosniyenko;Roelof A. Hut;Serge Daan;Alena Sumova

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin R. Ralph
Martin R. Ralph University of Toronto
Ignacio Torres-Aleman
Ignacio Torres-Aleman Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
William J. Schwartz
William J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Luis M. Garcia-Segura
Luis M. Garcia-Segura Spanish National Research Council
William Rostène
William Rostène Institut de la Vision
Jack H. Jhamandas
Jack H. Jhamandas University of Alberta
Teresa L. Krukoff
Teresa L. Krukoff University of Alberta
Richard P. Michael
Richard P. Michael Emory University
Anne Bérod
Anne Bérod Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

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