Organization of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Projections in Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): An Anterograde and Retrograde Analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-379

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Leak, Rehana K ^d   Yackulic, Charles B ^a   LeSauter, Joseph ^b   Silver, Rae ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Efferent; Rhythm; SCN; Tracing

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0348010253     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10995     Document Type: Article

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