Range of entrainment of rat circadian rhythms to sinusoidal light- intensity cycles

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 5 47-5, 2000, Pages

  Usui, Setsuo ^a   Takahashi, Yasuro ^a   Okazaki, Terue ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Entrainable limit; Light dark alternation; T cycle; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034123077     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.5.r1148     Document Type: Article

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