Projections from the subparaventricular zone define four channels of output from the circadian timing system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2714-2737

  Vujovic, Nina ^a   Gooley, Joshua J ^a   Jhou, Thomas C ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian timing; Neural projections; Subparaventricular zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROGRADE TRACING; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CIRCADIAN TIMING SYSTEM; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; DORSOMEDIAL SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; EFFERENT OUTPUT; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE TRACING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; THALAMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENTROLATERAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; VENTROLATERAL SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; VENTROMEDIAL SUBPARAVENTRICULAR ZONE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXTRANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84944276141     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23812     Document Type: Article

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