Serotonin inhibits glutamate- but not PACAP-induced per gene expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus at night

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1245-1252

  Sanggaard, K M ^a   Hannibal, J ^a   Fahrenkrug, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock genes; Entrainment; Retinohypothalmic tract

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PER1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DARKNESS; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0037365177     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02562.x     Document Type: Article

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