Relationship of circadian activity and social behaviors to reentrainment rates in diurnal Octodon degus (Rodentia)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 817-826

  Goel, Namni ^a   Lee, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Degus; Diurnal; Olfaction; Scent marking; Sleep; Social entrainer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029926934     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02141-8     Document Type: Article

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