Light response of the neuronal firing activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 371, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Nakamura, Takahiro J ^a,b   Fujimura, Koichi ^a   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^b   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Firing activity; Mice; Photoreception; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 7444265350     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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