Attenuated effect of increased daylength on activity rhythm in the old mouse lemur, a non-human primate

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1079-1087

  Aujard, Fabienne ^a   Cayetanot, Florence ^a   Terrien, Jérémy ^a   Van Someren, Eus J W ^b,c  

^a Adaptive Mechanisms and Evolution   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Daylength; Locomotor activity; Primate; Rhythm stability; Season

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 35448947237     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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