Glutamate and GABA neurotransmission from the paraventricular thalamus to the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the rat

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Alamilla, Javier ^a   Aguilar Roblero, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Fast neurotransmitters corelease; GABA; Glutamate; Postsynaptic potentials

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77949343532     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409357771     Document Type: Article

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