Aging and photoperiod affect entrainment and quantitative aspects of locomotor behavior in Syrian hamsters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Scarbrough, Kathryn ^a   Losee Olson, Susan ^a   Wallen, Edward P ^b   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

amplitude; day length; diurnal; phase; seasonal

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 33751334105     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.4.r1219     Document Type: Article

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