Neonatal medial frontal cortex lesions disrupt circadian activity patterns

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 412-419

  Phillips, Catherine I ^a   Smith, Victoria M ^a   Antle, Michael C ^a,b,c   Dyck, Richard H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian activity patterns; Medial frontal cortex; Mouse; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 68349121517     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232559     Document Type: Article

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