Light-induced c-fos mRNA expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the retina of C3H/HeN mice

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Masana, M I ^a   Benloucif, S ^a   Dubocovich, M L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos mRNA; C3H HeN mice; Light; Retina; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SULFUR 35;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OSCILLATOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RNA PROBE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030460453     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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