In Syrian and European hamsters, the duration of sensitive phase to light of the suprachiasmatic nuclei depends on the photoperiod

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Vuillez, Patrick ^a   Jacob, Nathalie ^a   Teclemariam Mesbah, Rebecca ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

C fos; Circadian rhythms; Light; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029921650     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12535-0     Document Type: Article

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