Light-induced phase and period responses of circadian activity rhythms in laboratory mice of different age

Zoology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Weinert, Dietmar ^a   Kompauerova, Vendula ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrophase; Free running period; Light dark (LD) Zeitgeber; Light pulses; Ontogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039521917     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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