Circadian locomotor analysis of male mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS-/-)

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-27

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a,b   Demas, Gregory E ^b   Lee Jr , Samuel E ^b   Dawson, Ted M ^a   Dawson, Valina L ^a,b   Nelson, Randy J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Glutamate; Knockout; NMDA; Retinohypothalamic tract; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Temporal cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033084045     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000407     Document Type: Article

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