Photoperiod affects the diurnal rhythm of hippocampal neuronal morphology of siberian hamsters

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1089-1100

  Ikeno, Tomoko ^a   Weil, Zachary M ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; BDNF; Circadian clock; Day length; Diurnal rhythm; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality; Siberian hamsters; Trkb; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84884778409     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.800090     Document Type: Article

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