The behavior of rats in response to changes in the light regime and administration of melatonin

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 767-772

  Pertsov, S S ^a  

^a P K ANOKHIN INSTITUTE OF NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Active and passive rats; Behavior; Desynchronosis; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROOMING; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33746124251     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-006-0086-9     Document Type: Article

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