Darkness during early postnatal development is required for normal circadian patterns in the adult rat

Chronobiology International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-186

  Cambras, T ^a   Canal, M M ^b   Cernuda Cernuda, R ^c   Garcia Fernandez J M ^c   Diez Noguera A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian system; Constant light; Melanopsin; Motor activity; Ontogeny; VIP

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; ROD OPSINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84924367298     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.960048     Document Type: Article

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