Phase shifting capacity of the circadian pacemaker determined by the SCN neuronal network organization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  VanderLeest, Henk Tjebbe ^a   Rohling, Jos H T ^a,b   Michel, Stephan ^a   Meijer, Johanna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TREADMILL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 63349104285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004976     Document Type: Article

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