Relationship between free-running period and minimum tolerable light pulse interval of skeleton photoperiods in field mice Mus booduga

Chronobiology International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-245

  Sharma, V K ^a,b   Singaravel, M ^a   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a,b   Subbaraj, R ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Mice; Nonparametric entrainment; Skeleton photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RUNNING; SKELETON;

EID: 0030916301     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529709001415     Document Type: Article

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