Orexinergic neuron numbers in three species of African mole rats with rhythmic and arrhythmic chronotypes

Neuroscience

Volumn 199, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-165

  Bhagwandin, A ^a   Gravett, N ^a   Hemingway, J ^a   Oosthuizen, M K ^b   Bennett, N C ^b   Siegel, J M ^c   Manger, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythmicity; Hypocretin; Orexin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS PRETORIAE; FEMALE; FUKOMYS ANSELLI; FUKOMYS DAMARENSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MOLE RATS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83055176314     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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