Relationship between period and phase angle differences in Mus booduga under abrupt versus gradual light-dark transitions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 183-186

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Chandrashekaran, Maroli K ^a   Singaravel, Muniyandi ^b  

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

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031957186     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050481     Document Type: Article

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