Metabotropic glutamate receptor modulation of glutamate responses in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1308-1317

  Haak, Laurel L ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033021896     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1308     Document Type: Article

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