Circadian locomotor activity rhythm in the freshwater crab Pseudothelphusa americana (De Saussure, 1857): Effect of eyestalk ablation

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-176

  Miranda Anaya, Manuel ^a   Barrera Mera, Baltazar ^b   Ramírez Lomelí, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Extraretinal photoreceptors; Eyestalk; Locomotor activity; Pseudothelphusa americana

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; LOCOMOTION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRAB; DARKNESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MASKING; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; PSEUDOTHELPHUSA AMERICANA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PSEUDOTHELPHUSIDAE;

EID: 0038298440     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.2.167.14486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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