Phase resetting of the mammalian circadian clock relies on a rapid shift of a small population of pacemaker neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rohling, Jos H T ^a   vanderLeest, Henk Tjebbe ^a   Michel, Stephan ^a   Vansteensel, Mariska J ^b   Meijer, Johanna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 80053063901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025437     Document Type: Article

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