Circadian Oscillations in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 939-944

  Schwartz, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; C fos; Calbindin; Electrophysiology; GABA; Green fluorescent protein; Hypothalamus; Luciferase; Per1; Photoperiodism; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882829557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01594-1     Document Type: Chapter

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