Dissociation of circadian and light inhibition of melatonin release through forced desynchronization in the rat

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17540-17545

  Schwartz, Michael D ^a,e   Wotus, Cheryl ^a,f   Liu, Tiecheng ^b   Friesen, W Otto ^c   Borjigin, Jimo ^b   Oda, Gisele A ^d   De La Iglesia, Horacio O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian desynchronization; Dual oscillators; Suprachiasmatic

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350449405     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906382106     Document Type: Article

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