TTX blocks baclofen-induced phase shifts of the mammalian circadian pacemaker in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 841, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 193-196

  Bergeron, Harriet E ^a   Danielson, Blaine ^a   Biggs, Kevin R ^a   Prosser, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Brain slice; Circadian rhythm; GABA; Muscimol; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MAMMALS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033546926     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01791-6     Document Type: Article

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