Effects of pinealectomy on SCN electrical firing rhythm in Djungarian hamsters

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-70

  Redlin, Uwe ^a   Lynch, G Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Circadian; Djungarian hamster; Phodopus sungorus; Pinealectomy; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030723255     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00754-4     Document Type: Article

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