The photoperiod entrains the molecular clock of the rat pineal

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2297-2304

  Engel, Lydia ^a   Lorenzkowski, Verena ^a   Langer, Christina ^a   Rohleder, Nils ^a   Spessert, Rainer ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Circadian; Clock genes; Oscillator

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PER3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; PROTEIN CRY1; PROTEIN CRY2; PROTEIN DEC1; PROTEIN DEC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 18844401097     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04040.x     Document Type: Article

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