Brief daily suckling shifts locomotor behavior and induces PER1 protein in paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, but not in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, of rabbit does

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1394-1403

  Meza, Enrique ^a   Juárez, Claudia ^a   Morgado, Elvira ^a   Zavaleta, Yael ^a   Caba, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Lactation; Neuroendocrine; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PER1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SUCKLING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 53149134296     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06408.x     Document Type: Article

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