Mammalian diurnality: Some facts and gaps

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-366

  Smale, Laura ^a   Lee, Theresa ^b   Nunez, Antonio A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis; Circadian Rhythm; Degus; Diurnal; Masking; Nocturnal; Sleep

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; OREXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONAL REGULATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EVOLUTION; GLUCOSE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; LIGHT; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SLEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141453194     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403256651     Document Type: Review

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