Rhythms of body temperature and temperature selection are out of phase in a diurnal rodent, Octodon degus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 959-961

  Refinett, Roberto ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Locomotor activity; Octodon degus; Thermopreferendum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0030249786     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00147-3     Document Type: Article

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