Defined cell groups in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus have different day/night rhythms of single-unit activity in vivo

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-42

  Saeb Parsy, K ^a   Dyball, R E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

24 h rhythm; In vivo; Rat; Single unit activity; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIGHT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037625235     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730402239674     Document Type: Article

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