Seasonal Encoding by the Circadian Pacemaker of the SCN

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-473

  VanderLeest, Henk Tjebbe ^a   Houben, Thijs ^a   Michel, Stephan ^a   Deboer, Tom ^a   Albus, Henk ^a,b   Vansteensel, Mariska J ^a   Block, Gene D ^b   Meijer, Johanna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; C57BL MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

MUS;

EID: 33847325216     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.048     Document Type: Article

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