Article
Rhythmic properties of the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus in vivo.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 15 Dec 1998
Yamazaki S, Kerbeshian M C, Hocker C G, Block G D, Menaker M
Abstract excerpt
We recorded multiple unit neural activity [multiunit activity (MUA)] from inside and outside of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in freely moving male golden hamsters housed in running-wheel cages under both light/dark cycles and constant darkness. The circadian period of MUA in the SCN matched...
Topics
- Activity Cycles
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Brain
- Circadian Rhythm
- Cricetinae
- Electrodes, Implanted
- Male
- Mesocricetus
- Motor Activity
- Mutation
- Prosencephalon
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
- Time Factors
- Wakefulness
- tau Proteins
