Changes of body temperature and thermoregulation in the course of the ovarian cycle in laboratory mice

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-185

  Weinert, Dietmar ^a   Waterhouse, James ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Laboratory mouse; Motor activity; Ovarian cycle; Purification; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PURIFICATION; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11244345233     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010412331335724     Document Type: Article

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