A reexamination of the role of GABA in the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Gribkoff, Valentin K ^a   Pieschl, Rick L ^a   Wisialowski, Todd A ^a   Park, Won K ^b   Strecker, George J ^b   De Jeu, Marcel T G ^c   Pennartz, Cyriel M A ^c   Dudek, F Edward ^b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Circadian; GABA(A); Hypothalamus; Muscimol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033121206     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000515     Document Type: Article

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