Circadian clock components in the rat neocortex: Daily dynamics, localization and regulation

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 551-562

  Rath, Martin F ^a   Rohde, Kristian ^a   Fahrenkrug, Jan ^b   Møller, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Circadian rhythm; Clock gene; Peripheral oscillator; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PROTEIN BMAL1; PROTEIN PER3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCHROME 1 GENE; CRYPTOCHROME 2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PER3 GENE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876543836     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0415-4     Document Type: Article

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