Circannual phase response curves to short and long photoperiod in the European Hamster

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 413-426

  Monecke, Stefanie ^a   Saboureau, Michel ^a   Malan, Andŕ ^a   Bonn, Daniel ^a   Masson Ṕvet, Mireille ^a   Ṕvet, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Circannual; Circannual PRC; European hamster; Nonparametric entrainment; T cycle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS;

EID: 73049110247     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409344502     Document Type: Article

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