The regulation of neuroendocrine function: Timing is everything

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-574

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Silver, Rae ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Diurnal; Endocrinel; Neurosecretion; Suprachiasmatic

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RELEASING FACTOR;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TARGET VARIABLE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33646468639     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.011     Document Type: Review

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