Intermittent long-wavelength red light increases the period of daily locomotor activity in mice

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hofstetter, John R ^a   Hofstetter, Amelia R ^b   Hughes, Amanda M ^c   Mayeda, Aimee R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Richmond upon Thames College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RED LIGHT; SENSOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 27344432663     PISSN: 17403391     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-3-8     Document Type: Article

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