Circadian performance of suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)-lesioned antelope ground squirrels in a desert enclosure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1099-1108

  DeCoursey, Patricia J ^a   Krulas, Jill R ^a   Mele, Gary ^b   Holley, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammosphermophilus leucurus; Antelope ground squirrel; Circadian activity; Predation; SCN lesion; SCN pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030801941     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00263-1     Document Type: Article

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