Critical Role of Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus in a Wide Range of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 10691-10702

  Chou, Thomas C ^a   Scammell, Thomas E ^a   Gooley, Joshua J ^a   Gaus, Stephanie E ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a,b   Lu, Jun ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Feeding; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Sleep; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTAMIC ACID; OREXIN; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0344011437     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-33-10691.2003     Document Type: Article

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