Circadian rhythms in heart rate, motility, and body temperature of wild-type C57 and eNOS knock-out mice under light-dark, free-run, and after time zone transition

Chronobiology International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 795-812

  Arraj, M ^a   Lemmer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body temperature; C57BL 6 mice; Circadian rhythms; eNOS knock out mice; Free run in DD; Heart rate; Jet lag; LD phase delay; Light:dark cycle LD; Motility; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HEART RATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MONITORING; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RUNNING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELEMETRY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HEART RATE; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746893858     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520600827111     Document Type: Article

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