Glucocorticoid-mediated nycthemeral and photoperiodic regulation of tph2 expression

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1308-1317

  Nexon, Laurent ^a   Sage, Dominique ^b   Pévet, Paul ^a   Raison, Sylvie ^a  

^a Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^b IFR37 CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Rhythm; Syrian hamster; Testosterone; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; HAMSTER; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYCTHEMERAL RHYTHM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAPHE NUCLEI; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 79953285875     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07586.x     Document Type: Article

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