The suprachiasmatic nucleus in stationary organotypic culture

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-143

  Belenky, M ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Yarom, Y ^a   Matzner, H ^a   Cohen, S ^a   Castel, M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

GABA; electrophysiology; Long term culture; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE CULTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PREGNANCY; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0029655737     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00327-F     Document Type: Article

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