Putative excitatory amino acid projections to the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 743, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 171-177

  Moga, Margaret M ^a   Moore, Robert Y ^b  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

3H D aspartate; circadian rhythm; lateral septal nucleus; paraventricular thalamic nucleus; posterior hypothalamic nucleus; ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID H 3; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030478532     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01051-7     Document Type: Article

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