Calcium response to retinohypothalamic tract synaptic transmission in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 11748-11757

  Irwin, Robert P ^a   Allen, Charles N ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Calcium; Circadian rhythm; Retinal ganglion cells; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NIMODIPINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 35548933821     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1840-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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