Ventromedial hypothalamic lesions prevent the fasting-induced changes in day-night pattern of locomotor activity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Challet, Etienne ^a   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Nobelis, Photis ^b   Malan, André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Fasting; Food deprivation; Locomotor activity; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0029948089     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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