Free-running circadian period does not shorten with age in female Syrian hamsters

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Duffy, Jeanne F ^a   Viswanathan, N ^a   Davis, Fred C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm; Gender; Locomotor activity; Mesocricetus auratus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033588080     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00519-4     Document Type: Article

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