Clock controls circadian period in isolated suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 708-713

  Herzog, Erik D ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^b   Block, Gene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032242758     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3708     Document Type: Article

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