Asymmetric control of short day response in European hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-300

  Monecke, Stefanie ^a,c   Malan, André ^b   Wollnik, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Circadian rhythms; E M oscillator; Gonads; Photoperiod; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HAMSTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GONADS; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS;

EID: 33746082089     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406290315     Document Type: Article

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