Regulation of light's action in the mammalian circadian clock: Role of the extrasynaptic GABAA receptor

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ehlen, J Christopher ^a   Paul, Ketema N ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; GABA; Phase shift; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; THIP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABOXADOL; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GENE CONTROL; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GABA AGONISTS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCIMOL; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 66149103180     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90878.2008     Document Type: Article

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