Hypothalamic circadian organization in birds. I. Anatomy, functional morphology, and terminology of the suprachiasmatic region

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 637-655

  Brandstätter, Roland ^a   Abraham, Ute ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian system; House sparrow (Passer domesticus); Hypothalamus; Lateral hypothalamic nucleus; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOWL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; OPTIC CHIASM; SONGBIRDS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TERMINOLOGY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042490763     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120023343     Document Type: Review

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