Using Per gene expression to search for photoperiodic oscillators in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 121-127

  De La Iglesia, Horacio O ^a   Meyer, Jennifer ^a   Schwartz, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms and sleep; Circadian; Clock genes; Hamster; Neural basis of bahavior; Per; Photoperiodism; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HAMSTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 4043071235     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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