Survival of adult generated hippocampal neurons is altered in circadian arrhythmic mice.

The subgranular zone of the hippocampal formation gives rise to new neurons that populate the dentate gyrus throughout life. Cells in the hippocampus exhibit rhythmic clock gene expression and the circadian clock is known to regulate the cycle of cell division in other areas of the body. These facts...

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Main Authors: Brooke D Rakai, Michael J Chrusch, Simon C Spanswick, Richard H Dyck, Michael C Antle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4062413?pdf=render