Targeted Microlesions Reveal Novel Organization of the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2449-2457

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^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)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock; Diurnal; Neuropeptide; Pacemaker; Suprachiasmatic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; GENE EXPRESSION; GNAWING; HAMSTER; HEART RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PER3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; GONADS; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERIODICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 1542297684     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5323-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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