Daily variation in the distribution of glycogen phosphorylase in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of Syrian hamsters

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 435, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-258

  Harley, Carolyn W ^a   Farrell, Rosemarie C ^a   Rusak, Benjamin ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Circadian; Intergeniculate leaflet; Metabolism; Paraventricular nucleus; Retinohypothalamic

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DENSITOMETRY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MESOCRICETUS; PHOSPHORYLASES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035948288     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1206     Document Type: Article

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