The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: A Clock of Multiple Components

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 435-449

  Lee, Han S ^a   Billings, Heather J ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Core; Entrainment; Heterogeneity; Neuropeptides; Pacemaker; SCN; Shell

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344442759     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403259106     Document Type: Review

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