Rest-activity rhythm of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi under different lighting conditions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Tobler, Irene ^a   Herrmann, Miriam ^a   Cooper, Howard M ^b   Negroni, Julia ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^c   Achermann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blind mole rat; c fos; Circadian rhythm; Light dark cycle; Motor activity; Running wheel; SCN; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DARKNESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; LIGHTING; MALE; MOLE RATS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; REST;

EID: 0032211344     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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