Influence of early environment on the circadian period of the tau- mutant hamster

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Refinetti, Roberte ^a  

^a Montage Media Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Development; Golden hamster; Tau gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAMSTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAU PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0031968145     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021428209122     Document Type: Article

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