Rhythmic coupling among cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-388

  Colwell, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Circadian rhythms; Dye coupling; Gap junctions; Rattus rattus; SCN

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNEXINS; LYSINE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034660223     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(20000615)43:4<379::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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