Period-dependent oscillatory free-run in the locomotor activity rhythm of the field mouse Mus booduga under skeleton photoperiodic regimes

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-205

  Sharma, V K ^a,b   Singaravel, M ^a   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a,b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Entrainment; Limits of entrainment; Mice; Oscillatory free run; Skeleton photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0031746854     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.29.2.197.1452     Document Type: Article

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