The substructure of the suprachiasmatic nucleus: Similarities between nocturnal and diurnal spiny mice

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-22

  Cohen, Rotem ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a   Ramanathan, Chidambaram ^b   Baumgras, Anna ^b   Smale, Laura ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acomys; Calbindin; Diurnal; Gastrin releasing peptide; Neuropeptide Y; Nocturnal; Serotonin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALBINDIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEROTONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; MUS SAXICOLA;

EID: 77950096280     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282172     Document Type: Article

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