A hVIPR transgene as a novel tool for the analysis of circadian function in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 822-832

  King, V M ^a   Chahad Ehlers, S ^a   Shen, S ^b   Harmar, A J ^b   Maywood, E S ^a,c   Hastings, M H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta gal reporter transgene; Entrainment; Neural grafting; PER; Retinohypothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; NEUROPHYSIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HISTIDINE ISOLEUCINE; PER1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PER2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PER2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HVIPR TRANSGENE; HVPAC2R GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE GRAFT; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPHYSINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE PHI; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE, TYPE II; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037295374     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02487.x     Document Type: Article

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