Photoperiodic modulation of clock gene expression in the avian premammillary nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Leclerc, B ^a   Kang, S W ^a   Mauro, L J ^a   Kosonsiriluk, S ^a   Chaiseha, Y ^b   El Halawani, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Birds; Clock genes; DA MEL neurones; Light pulse; PMM; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; PER2 PROTEIN; PER3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICRODISSECTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREMAMILLARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MICRODISSECTION; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 75449104504     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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