Direct visual and circadian pathways target neuroendocrine cells in primates

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2767-2776

  Abizaid, Alfonso ^a   Horvath, Balazs ^a   Keefe, David L ^b   Leranth, Csaba ^a   Horvath, Tamas L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CTB; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; PHA L; Retina; SCN; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PRIMATES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 9644265370     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03737.x     Document Type: Article

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