Mutant circadian period as a marker of suprachiasmatic nucleus function.

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Mutant circadian period as a marker of suprachiasmatic nucleus function.

Journal of biological rhythms - 1 Jan 1993

Menaker M, Vogelbaum M A

Abstract excerpt

Fetal suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) tissue transplanted into the third ventricle of hamsters bearing complete SCN lesions restores the circadian locomotor rhythm with a period that depends exclusively on the genetically determined period of the tissue donor. If the host is only partially lesioned...

Topics

Animals
Biomarkers
Brain Tissue Transplantation
Circadian Rhythm
Cricetinae
Fetal Tissue Transplantation
Mutation
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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