Daily changes in synaptic innervation of VIP neurons in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Contribution of glutamatergic afferents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-370

  Girardet, Clémence ^a   Blanchard, Marie Pierre ^b   Ferracci, Géraldine ^b   Lévêque, Christian ^b,c   Moreno, Mathias ^a   François Bellan, Anne Marie ^a   Becquet, Denis ^a   Bosler, Olivier ^a  

^a University of Mediterranée   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Glutamatergic synapses; Plasticity; Remodelling; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 74549188443     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07071.x     Document Type: Article

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