Temporal Precision in the Mammalian Circadian System: A Reliable Clock from Less Reliable Neurons

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-46

  Herzog, Erik D ^a,c   Aton, Sara J ^a   Numano, Rika ^b   Sakaki, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tei, Hajime ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mPer1; Multielectrode; Oscillator; Pacemaker; Period gene; SCN; Stability

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL INTERACTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPLANT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PERIOD 1 GENE; PERIODICITY; RUNNING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0345826009     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403260776     Document Type: Article

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