Responses of the circadian system of rats to conditioned and unconditioned stimuli

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-291

  De Groot, Marleen H M ^a   Rusak, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; Circadian rhythms; Classical conditioning; Entrainment; Immediate early genes; Phase shifts; Rats; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033880552     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873000129001369     Document Type: Article

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