Locking and Unlocking of Running Wheel Affects Circadian Period Stability Differently in Three Inbred Strains of Rats

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-304

  Kohler, Markus ^a   Wollnik, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity feedback; Activity level; Arousal; Free running period; Nonphotic stimuli; Running wheel access

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUGUST COPENHAGEN IRISH RAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032133553     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000138     Document Type: Article

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