Rhythms in expression of PER1 protein in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the diurnal grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-89

  Ramanathan, Chidambaram ^a   Smale, Laura ^a   Nunez, Antonio A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Diurnality; Grass rats; Oval nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; PER1

Indexed keywords

PER1 PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 46149094134     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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