Human retinohypothalamic tract as revealed by in vitro postmortem tracing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-370

  Dai, Jiapei ^a   Van Der Vliet, Jan ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a   Buijs, Ruud M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Human; Hypothalamus; Retina; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

NEUROTENSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032479805     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980803)397:3<357::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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