Scotopic illumination enhances entrainment of circadian rhythms to lengthening light:dark cycles

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-48

  Gorman, Michael R ^a,c   Kendall, Magdalena ^a   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian entrainment; Coupling; Hamster; Illuminance; Irradiance; Moonlight; T cycles; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MESOCRICETUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 12244251428     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730404271573     Document Type: Article

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