Two Distinct Retinal Projections to the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 299-307

  Treep, J A ^a   Abe, H ^b   Rusak, B ^b   Goguen, D M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antidromic activation; electrical stimulation; Fos; geniculohypothalamic tract; hamster; immediate early gene; immunoreactivity; retinal ganglion cell; retinohypothalamic tract; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GANGLION; GENICULATE BODY; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE TRACT; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029448941     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049501000403     Document Type: Article

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