Activation of suprachiasmatic nuclei and primary visual cortex depends upon time of day

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Vimal, Ram L P ^a,b,c,d,e   Pandey Vimal, Manju Uma C ^a,c,d,e   Vimal, Love Shyam P ^c,d   Frederick, Blaise B ^a,b   Stopa, Edward G ^f   Renshaw, Perry F ^a,b   Vimal, Shalini P ^b,d   Harper, David G ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Vision Research Institute   (United States)

^d Dristi Anusandhana Sansthana   (India)

^e Dristi Anusandhana Sansthana   (India)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated voxels; BOLD fMRI; Circadian rhythms; Percentage activation; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649099818     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06582.x     Document Type: Article

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