Wheel-running activity patterns of five species of desert rodents

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   El Bakry, Hanan A ^b   Mintz, Eric M ^c   Zarhan, Wafaa M ^b   Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerbils; Jirds; Nycthemeral rhythms; Photoperiod; Spiny mice

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DESERT; FEMALE; GERBIL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; RODENT; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 17744395513     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.32.1.1.7287     Document Type: Article

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