Variations in phase and amplitude of rhythmic clock gene expression across prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamic paraventricular and suprachiasmatic nuclei of male and female rats

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 417-436

  Chun, Lauren E ^a   Woodruff, Elizabeth R ^a   Morton, Sarah ^a   Hinds, Laura R ^a   Spencer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Clock genes; Extra SCN; Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Molecular clock; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BMAL1 PROTEIN, RAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; PER1 PROTEIN, RAT; PER2 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84960352814     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730415598608     Document Type: Article

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