Circadian rhythms in the pineal organ persist in zebrafish larvae that lack ventral brain

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Noche, Ramil R ^b,e   Lu, Po Nien ^a,b   Goldstein Kral, Lauren ^c   Glasgow, Eric ^d   Liang, Jennifer O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hathaway Brown School   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE VASOPRESSIN LIKE PROTEIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AANAT2 GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRY 1B GENE; CRY 3 GENE; CYC GENE; CYCLOPIA; EMBRYO; EXORH GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL BRAIN; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; PINEAL GLAND; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 78651318454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-7     Document Type: Article

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