The effect of repeated pulses of light at the same time on period responses of the rat circadian pacemaker

Chronobiology International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-201

  Stokes, Mark A ^a,b   Kent, Stephen ^b   Armstrong, Stuart Maxwell ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Light pulses; Multiple light pulses; Period responses; Phase response curves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; RUNNING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035025612     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100103185     Document Type: Article

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