Melatonin does not influence the expression of c-fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats and hamsters

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-248

  Kumar, V ^a,b   Goguen, D M ^a   Guido, M E ^a,c   Rusak, B ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; Circadian rhythm; Gene expression; Immediate early gene; Light; Melatonin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0031574059     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00260-X     Document Type: Article

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