PER2 rhythms in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the diurnal grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-223

  Ramanathan, Chidambaram ^a   Stowie, Adam ^a   Smale, Laura ^a   Nunez, Antonio ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BLA; BNST ov; CEA; Circadian; Extended amygdala; Extra SCN oscillators; Grass rat; PER2

Indexed keywords

PER2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MURINAE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 77950338223     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.051     Document Type: Article

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