Is there a direct retina-raphe-suprachiasmatic nucleus pathway in the rat?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Kawano, Hitoshi ^a,b   Decker, Karin ^a   Reuss, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin B subunit; Circadian rhythm; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Rat; Retina; Serotonin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase colloidal gold complex

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030581114     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12795-6     Document Type: Article

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