Locomotor response to an open field during C57BL/6J active and inactive phases: Differences dependent on conditions of illumination

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-275

  Valentinuzzi, Veronica S ^a,b   Buxton, Orfeu M ^d   Chang, Anne Marie ^a   Scarbrough, Kathryn ^a   Ferrari, Elenice A M ^b   Takahashi, Joseph S ^a,c   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a Ctr for Circadian Biol and Med   (United States)

^b Lab Doencas Bacterianas Da R   (Brazil)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Diurnal variation; Habituation; Learning; Locomotor activity; Spatial novelty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITUATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034096276     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00219-5     Document Type: Article

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