Neurons and networks in daily rhythms

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 790-802

  Herzog, Erik D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PERIODICITY;

EID: 34648836981     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2215     Document Type: Review

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