Melatonin instantaneously resets intrinsic circadian rhythmicity in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Sumová, Alena ^a   Illnerová, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

c Fos; Circadian pacemaker; In vivo; Melatonin entrainment; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030575943     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13159-1     Document Type: Article

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