Tyrosine hydroxylase- and/or aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase-containing cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Novak, Colleen M ^a   Nunez, Antonio A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Catecholamines; Circadian rhythms; Colocalization; Dopamine; Double label immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; PYRONINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0031954509     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)10019-9     Document Type: Article

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