Spatial and temporal variation of passer Per2 gene expression in two distinct cell groups of the suprachiasmatic hypothalamus in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 429-436

  Abraham, Ute ^a   Albrecht, Urs ^b,c   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a   Brandstätter, Roland ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Division of Biochemistry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birds; Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; Lateral hypothalamic nucleus; pPer2; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0036460656     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02102.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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