GABAergic regulation of light-induced c-Fos immunoreactivity within the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-692

  Gillespie, C F ^a   Van Der Beek, E M ^b   Mintz, E M ^a   Mickley, N C ^a   Jasnow, A M ^a   Huhman, K L ^a   Albers, H Elliott ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Entrainment; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGHT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033530080     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990906)411:4<683::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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