Lengthening of circadian period in hamsters by novelty-induced wheel running

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-765

  Weisgerber, Denise ^a   Redlin, Uwe ^a   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feed back; Free running period; Hamsters; Locomotor activity; Nonphetic; Phase shifts; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0030818398     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00192-3     Document Type: Article

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