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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Eric Mintz
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-6904 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Porterfield Veronica M VM Piontkivska Helen H Mintz Eric M EM
BMC neuroscience 20071119
<h4>Background</h4>The transmission of information about the photic environment to the circadian clock involves a complex array of neurotransmitters, receptors, and second messenger systems. Exposure of an animal to light during the subjective night initiates rapid transcription of a number of immediate-early genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Some of these genes have known roles in entraining the circadian clock, while others have unknown functions. Using laser capture mi ...[more]