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

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Trávníčková, Zdena ^b   Sumová, Alena ^b   Peters, Robin ^b   Schwartz, William J ^b   Illnerova, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

activator protein 1; immediate early gene; pineal N acetyltransferase; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029862523     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.4.r825     Document Type: Article

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