Effects of aging on the circadian rhythm of wheel-running activity in C57BL/6 mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Valentinuzzi, Verónica S ^a,b   Scarbrough, Kathryn ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^a   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Free running period; Light dark cycles; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HAMSTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

EID: 0031413780     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.6.r1957     Document Type: Article

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