Bright light during lactation alters the functioning of the circadian system of adult rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 1 47-1, 2000, Pages

  Canal Corretger, M M ^a   Cambras, T ^a   Vilaplana, J ^a   Diez Noguera A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034068454     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.1.r201     Document Type: Article

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