Diurnal rhythmicity of the canonical clock genes Per1, Per2 and Bmal1 in the rat adrenal gland is unaltered after hypophysectomy

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-329

  Fahrenkrug, J ^a   Hannibal, J ^a   Georg, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Circadian rhythms; Clock genes; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39549109781     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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