Photoperiodic regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide messenger RNA expression: Effect of pinealectomy and neuroanatomical location

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-148

  Duncan, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Paraventricular nucleus; Somatostatin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal peptide; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS;

EID: 0032104207     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00084-9     Document Type: Article

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