Aging alters properties of the circadian pacemaker controlling the locomotor activity rhythm in males of Drosophila nasuta

Chronobiology International

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 751-758

  Joshi, Dilip ^a   Barnabas, Rajneesh ^a   Martin, E R ^a   Parihar, Vijay ^a   Kanojiya, Manish ^a  

^a AHMEDNAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm; Drosophila nasuta; Free running; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA NASUTA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032758571     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529909016942     Document Type: Article

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