Daily and circadian rhythms of neurotransmitters and related compounds in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei of a diurnal vertebrate

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-121

  Magnone, Maria Chiara ^a,b   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^a   Piazza, Francesca ^a   Foà, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; Reptile; Suprachiasmatic nuclei; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIZARD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0037961792     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02567-8     Document Type: Article

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