SCN outputs and the hypothalamic balance of life

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 458-469

  Kalsbeek, A ^a   Palm, I F ^a   La Fleur, S E ^a,b   Scheer, F A J L ^a,c   Perreau Lenz, S ^a,d   Ruiter, M ^a,e   Kreier, F ^a   Cailotto, C ^a   Buijs, R M ^a,f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; GABA; Glucose; Glutamate; Melatonin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; NERVE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; NEURONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33750719644     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406293854     Document Type: Review

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