Developmental alcohol exposure alters light-induced phase shifts of the circadian activity rhythm in rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1020-1027

  Farnell, Yuhua Z ^a   West, James R ^a   Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Allen, Gregg C ^a   Earnest, David J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian Rhythms; Clock; Ethanol; Photoentrainment; Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ETHANOL; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3242705082     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000130807.21020.1B     Document Type: Article

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