Electrical synapses coordinate activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Long, Michael A ^a,c   Jutras, Michael J ^a,b   Connors, Barry W ^a   Burwell, Rebecca D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 16644403625     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1361     Document Type: Article

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