Projections of the basal retrochiasmatic area: A neural site involved in the photic control of pineal metabolism

Brain Research

Volumn 839, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Ribeiro Barbosa, Érika R ^a   Skorupa, Ana Lúcia ^a   Cipolla Neto, José ^a   Canteras, Newton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pineal gland; Retrochiasmatic area; Sympathetic system

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; MELATONIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033592224     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01685-6     Document Type: Article

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