Photic responses of suprachiasmatic area neurons in diurnal degus (Octodon degus) and nocturnal rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Brain Research

Volumn 817, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 93-103

  Jiao, Yong Yi ^a   Lee, Theresa M ^b   Rusak, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian; Degu; Electrophysiology; Entrainment; Illumination; Rat; Retina; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENTIA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033616410     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01218-9     Document Type: Article

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