Distinct retinohypothalamic innervation patterns predict the developmental emergence of species-typical circadian phase preference in nocturnal Norway rats and diurnal nile grass rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3277-3292

  Todd, William D ^a   Gall, Andrew J ^a,c   Weiner, Joshua A ^b   Blumberg, Mark S ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PACAP; Presynaptic terminals; Subparaventricular zone; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; VIP; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOHYPOTHALAMIC INNERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RETINA; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84865079742     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23098     Document Type: Article

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