Neurons containing gastrin-releasing peptide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide are involved in the reception of the photic signal in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the Syrian hamster: An immunocytochemical ultrastructural study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-253

  Aïoun, Josiane ^a   Chambille, Irène ^a   Peytevin, Jocelyne ^a   Martinet, Lise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrin releasing peptide; Light induced Fos; Photic reception; Retinal terminals; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Syrian hamster; Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031914944     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050994     Document Type: Article

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