Period gene expression in the diurnal degu (Octodon degus) differs from the nocturnal laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Vosko, Andrew M ^a,b   Hagenauer, Megan H ^c   Hummer, Daniel L ^a,d,e   Lee, Theresa M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Clock genes; Cortex; Diurnality; Period; Striatum; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN, RAT; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; MALE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTODON; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 61949316255     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90392.2008     Document Type: Article

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