Quantitative analysis of the age-related fragmentation of hamster 24-h activity rhythms

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

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

  Penev, Plamen D ^b   Zee, Phyllis C ^b   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity bouts; Aging; Discriminant function; Log survivorship analysis; Wheel running behavior

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HAMSTER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

EID: 0031422431     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.6.r2132     Document Type: Article

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