Neuron-glia interaction in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: A double labeling light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-287

  Tamada, Yoshitaka ^a   Tanaka, Masaki ^a   Munekawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Hayashi, Seiji ^a   Okamura, Hitoshi ^b   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a   Hisa, Yasuo ^a   Ibata, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Circadian oscillator; Immunoelectron microscopy; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032006225     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00403-6     Document Type: Article

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