Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the Lesotho mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus subspecies from Sani Pass, South Africa

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Schöttner, Konrad ^a,b   Oosthuizen, Maria K ^b   Broekman, Marna ^b   Bennett, Nigel C ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Cryptomys; Entrainment; Free run; Light; Tau; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LESOTHO; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33747352487     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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