Relationship between light intensity and phase resetting in a mammalian circadian system

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-185

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Chandrashekaran, Maroli K ^a   Singaravel, Muniyandi ^b,c   Subbaraj, Ramanujam ^b  

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

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0033080829     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990201)283:2<181::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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