Circadian rhythm and light responsiveness of BMAL1 expression, a partner of mammalian clock gene Clock, in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Namihira, Masakazu ^a   Tanahashi, Yusuke ^a   Ikeda, Masaaki ^b   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMAL1; Circadian rhythm; Clock; Clock gene; In situ hybridization; Light; Per; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032545155     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00877-5     Document Type: Article

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