Circadian rhythm in light response in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons of freely moving rats

Brain Research

Volumn 741, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 352-355

  Meijer, J H ^a   Watanabe, K ^b   Detari L ^c   Schaap, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

circadian system; entrainment; neurophysiology; photic responsiveness; suprachiasmatic nuclei; visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030602032     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01091-8     Document Type: Article

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