Body temperature and sleep in intact and ovariectomized female rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Li, Hua ^a   Satinoff, Evelyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; estrous cycle

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030471102     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.6.r1753     Document Type: Article

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