Cholinergic projections to the suprachiasmatic nucleus and lower subparaventricular zone of diurnal and nocturnal rodents

Brain Research

Volumn 1151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-101

  Castillo Ruiz, Alexandra ^a   Nunez, Antonio A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Circadian; Lower subparaventricular zone; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RODENT; SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ACROCERAS MACRUM; ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248169213     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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