Developmental expression of 'RZRβ, a putative nuclear-melatonin receptor' mRNA in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-20

  Park, Hwan Tae ^a   Baek, Sun Yong ^a   Kim, Bong Seon ^a   Kim, Jae Bong ^a   Kim, Jin Jeong ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Development; In situ hybridization; Melatonin receptor; RZR mRNA; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029829181     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13060-3     Document Type: Article

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