Characterization of orderly spatiotemporal patterns of clock gene activation in mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1851-1865

  Foley, Nicholas C ^a   Tong, Tina Y ^b   Foley, Duncan ^c   Lesauter, Joseph ^b   Welsh, David K ^d,e   Silver, Rae ^b,f,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Luciferase; Networks; PER2; SCN; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PER2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79955946095     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07682.x     Document Type: Article

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