Circadian rhythms in electric waveform structure and rate in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Stoddard, Philip K ^a   Markham, Michael R ^a   Salazar, Vielka L ^a   Allee, Susan ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Circadian rhythms; Electric fish; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMOREGULATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33845507543     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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