In vivo circadian rhythms in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-120

  Hickok, Jason R ^a,b   Tischkau, Shelley A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain muscle Arnt like 1; Circadian rhythms; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Period (PER) proteins; Period 2 proteins; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749163629     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000243163     Document Type: Article

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