Responses of cells in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vivo to stimulation of afferent pathways are different at different times of the light/dark cycle

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Saeb Parsy, K ^a   Dyball, R E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changed synaptic connections; Light dark cycle; Optic nerve; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OPTIC NERVE; OXYTOCIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 1342332994     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-8194.2004.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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