A mathematical method for studying the endogenous component of the circadian temperature rhythm and the effect of aging

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 216-229

  Witting, W ^a,b   Mirmiran, M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; biological clock; body temperature; circadian rhythm; Endogenous and exogenous components; masking; purification

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030903648     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.28.2.216.12993     Document Type: Article

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