Enhanced masking response to light in hamsters with IGL lesions

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-456

  Redlin, U ^a   Vrang, Niels ^b   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian; Hamster; Intergeniculate leaflet; Locomotor activity; Masking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; GENICULATE BODY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033112110     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050344     Document Type: Article

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