Testosterone suppresses circadian responsiveness to social cues in the diurnal rodent Octodon degus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-50

  Jechura, Tammy J ^a   Walsh, Jacquelynn M ^a   Lee, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity introduction; Circadian rhythms; Jet lag; Nonphotic; Phase shift; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; JET LAG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORCHIECTOMY; RODENTIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037587554     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730402239675     Document Type: Article

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