Structural plasticity of optic synapses in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Adaptation to long-term influence of light and darkness

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-60

  Guldner F H ^a,b,c   Bahar, E ^b   Young, C A ^b   Ingham, C A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Hooded rat (PGV); Mitochondria; Plasticity; Postsynaptic density; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Synapse; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DENDRITE; LIGHT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031035924     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050730     Document Type: Article

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