Tau and Phase Response Curves for non-photic stimuli in blinded rats

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Canal Corretger, Maria Mercè ^a   Cambras, Trinitat ^a   Díez Noguera, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Motor activity; Non photic stimuli; Phase shifts; Tau changes

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREADMILL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037799177     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.1.91.14080     Document Type: Article

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