Entrainment properties of the circadian locomotor activity rhythm of the field mouse Mus booduga under complete and skeleton photoperiodic regimes

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-246

  Sharma, V K ^a   Geetha, L ^a   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a,b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Entrainment; Phase jump; Phase relationship; Skeleton photoperiod; Transients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0031668431     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.29.3.237.1434     Document Type: Article

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