Dissociation of the rat motor activity rhythm under T cycles shorter than 24 hours

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-176

  Campuzano, Anna ^a   Vilaplana, Jordi ^a   Cambras, Trini ^a   Díez Noguera, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Entrainment; T cycles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MASKING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031962910     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00416-2     Document Type: Article

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