Quantitative changes in neuronal and glial cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus as a function of the lighting conditions during weaning

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Cambras, Trinitat ^a   López, Laudino ^b   Arias, Jorge Luis ^b   Díez Noguera, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Plasticity; Rat; Stereology; Suprachiasmatic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHTING; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WEANING;

EID: 20444500562     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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