Photic entrainment and masking of prosimian circadian rhythms (Otolemur garnettii, Primates)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Erkert, Hans G ^a   Gburek, Viola ^a   Scheideler, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Aftereffects; Circadian period; Masking effects; Otolemur; Prosimian primates; Re entrainment; Threshold for photic entrainment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; LUMINANCE; MALE; MASKING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; RECORDING; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33646916631     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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