Circadian system from conception till adulthood

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-103

  Sumova, Alena ^a   Sladek, Martin ^a   Polidarova, Lenka ^a   Novakova, Marta ^a   Houdek, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clock gene; Ontogenesis; Peripheral circadian clocks; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCEPTION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MACROGLIA; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; WEANING;

EID: 84864818019     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00005-8     Document Type: Chapter

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