Circadian activity rhythms of laboratory mice during the last weeks of their life

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-178

  Weinert, Heike ^b   Weinert, Dietmar ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Amplitude; Circadian rhythms; Free run; Laboratory mice; Locomotor activity; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031746853     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.29.2.159.1444     Document Type: Article

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