Probing the circadian oscillator of a mammal by two-pulse perturbations

Chronobiology International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-136

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Chandrashekaran, Maroli K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Oscillators; Phase shift; Transients

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS BOODUGA;

EID: 0034033553     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100101037     Document Type: Article

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