Simulation of day-length encoding in the SCN: From single-cell to tissue-level organization

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Rohling, Jos ^a,b   Wolters, Lex ^b   Meijer, Johanna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Entrainment; Evening morning oscillators; Photoperiodic encoding; Simulation; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33746065708     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406290317     Document Type: Article

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