The phasing of circadian rhythms in mice kept under normal or short photoperiods

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 791-798

  Weinert, Dietmar ^a   Freyberg, Sylvana ^a   Touitou, Yvan ^b   Djeridane, Yasmina ^b   Waterhouse, James M ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Food intake; Laboratory mouse; Liver glycogen; Melatonin; Motor activity; Photoperiod; Pineal; Two oscillator model

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18844378328     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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