The role of glutamate in the photic regulation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 109-123

  Ebling, Francis J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030272030     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(96)00032-9     Document Type: Review

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