Photoperiod regulates multiple gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nuclei and pars tuberalis of the Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2967-2974

  Johnston, Jonathan D ^a   Ebling, Francis J P ^b   Hazlerigg, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Clock gene; Clock controlled gene; E box; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BINDING PROTEIN; D ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1 GENE; E BOX GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; HOMEOBOX; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E-BOX ELEMENTS; FEMALE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, REV; GENES, REGULATOR; MELATONIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHODOPUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 21044446045     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04148.x     Document Type: Article

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