When does it start ticking? Ontogenetic development of the mammalian circadian system

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-118

  Christ, Elmar ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a   von Gall, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Circadian clock; Development; Ontogenesis; Pars tuberalis; Peripheral clock; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MELATONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ADRENAL GLAND; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 84864813034     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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