Changes in neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity and transcript levels in circadian system structures of the diurnal rodent, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Brain Research

Volumn 1125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Vidal, Luis ^a   Lugo, Nidza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Circadian; Intergeniculate leaflet; Neuropeptide Y; Polymerase chain reaction; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUIRREL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIURIDAE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS;

EID: 33751536442     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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