Hypothalamic circadian organization in birds. II. Clock gene expression

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 657-669

  Abraham, Ute ^a   Albrecht, Urs ^b   Brandstätter, Roland ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Division of Biochemistry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian; House sparrow; LHN; Pinealectomy; pPer2; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PER2 GENE; PINEALECTOMY; PPER2 GENE; REVIEW; SPARROW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0042991477     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120022414     Document Type: Review

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