Brain glucocorticoid receptors are necessary for the rhythmic expression of the clock protein, PERIOD2, in the central extended amygdala in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-60

  Segall, L A ^a   Milet, A ^b   Tronche, F ^b   Amir, S ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Circadian rhythms; Dentate gyrus; Oval nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PER2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 67349158012     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.083     Document Type: Article

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