Mechanism of bilateral communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 964-971

  Michel, Stephan ^a   Marek, Roger ^b   vanderLeest, Henk T ^a   vanSteensel, Mariska J ^c   Schwartz, William J ^d   Colwell, Christopher S ^a,e   Meijer, Johanna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Coupling pathways; Glutamate; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875367453     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12109     Document Type: Article

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