Ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus are involved in the phase advance of temperature and activity rhythms in food-restricted rats fed during daytime

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-218

  Challet, E ^a,b   Pevet P ^a,b   Lakhdar Ghazal, N ^a,b   Malan, A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Circadian rhythm; Feeding entrainment; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030788385     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00439-X     Document Type: Article

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