Neuroanatomy of the extended circadian rhythm system

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-20

  Morin, Lawrence P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Anterograde; Circadian; Connectivity; Efferent; Intergeniculate leaflet; Neuroanatomy; Retrograde; Serotonin; Suprachiasmatic; Transneuronal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENKEPHALIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GONADORELIN; NEUROTENSIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; PROTEIN FOS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT; GENICULATE BODY; GENICULOHYPOTHALAMIC TRACT; HABENULA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERGENICULATE LEAFLET; INTRINSICALLY PHOTORECEPTIVE RETINA GANGLION CELL; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOHYPOTHALAMIC TRACT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875379260     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.06.026     Document Type: Review

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