Expression of the circadian clock gene Period 1 in neuroendocrine cells: An investigation using mice with a Per1::GFP transgene

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-220

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Korets, Ruslan ^a   Silver, Rae ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University New York ^*  (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clock gene; Dopamine; Hormone; SCN; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; TIDA

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PERIOD 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0037263685     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02431.x     Document Type: Article

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