GABA in the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus and its role in diurnal rhythmicity

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6633, 1997, Pages 598-603

  Wagner, Shlomo ^a   Castel, Mona ^a   Gainer, Harold ^b   Yarom, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MAMMALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030976458     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42468     Document Type: Article

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