Relationship between circadian period and size of phase shifts in Syrian hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Reebs, Stéphan G ^a   Doucet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Free running period; Hamster; Nonphotic; Phase shift; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TREADMILL;

EID: 0030959654     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00515-X     Document Type: Article

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