Physiological and anatomical properties of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of an anophthalmic mouse

Brain Research

Volumn 953, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-81

  Laemle, L K ^a   Hori, N ^b   Strominger, N L ^b   Tan, Y ^b   Carpenter, D O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind mouse; Circadian rhythm; Hypothalamic slice; Single unit

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; CINANSERIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; MAGNESIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IONTOPHORESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANOPHTHALMOS; BICUCULLINE; BLINDNESS; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037145716     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03272-9     Document Type: Article

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