Locomotor activity rhythm in the field mouse Mus booduga phase-shifts to melatonin injections in a dose-dependent manner

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Sharma, V K ^a   Singaravel, M ^b,c   Subbaraj, R ^b   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Dose response curve; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Mouse; Phase response curve

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0032826543     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.30.3.313.3047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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