Circadian thermoregulation suckling rabbit pups

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-335

  Jilge, Burghart ^a   Kuhnt, Barbara ^a   Landerer, Waltraud ^a   Rest, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous; Entrainment; Exogenous; Feeding entrainable oscillator; Nursing; Thermogenesis; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033899461     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873000129001431     Document Type: Article

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