Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the subterranean Mashona mole rat, Cryptomys darlingi

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-191

  Vasicek, Caroline A ^a   Oosthuizen, Maria K ^a   Cooper, Howard M ^b   Bennett, Nigel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Entrainment; Eye; Free running; Light; Masking; Photoperiod; Tau; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES; TIME;

EID: 13544262342     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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