Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) in the retinohypothalamic tract: A potential daytime regulator of the biological clock

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2637-2644

  Hannibal, Jens ^a   Ding, Jian M ^b   Chen, Dong ^c   Fahrenkrug, Jan ^a   Larsen, Philip J ^a   Gillette, Martha U ^b,c   Mikkelsen, Jens D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

brain slice; cAMP; circadian; ganglion cells; intergeniculate leaflet; PACAP receptor; phase shifting; rat; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030962604     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-07-02637.1997     Document Type: Article

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