Irradiance dependency of UV-A induced phase shifts in the locomotor activity rhythm of the field mouse Mus booduga

Chronobiology International

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 777-782

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Chidambaram, R ^b   Singh, Tennyson Jeba ^b   Lingakumar, K ^b   Subbaraj, Ramanujam ^b   Chandrashekaran, Maroli K ^a  

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

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Irradiance; Locomotor activity; Phase shift; UV A

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RUNNING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0033678024     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100102113     Document Type: Article

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