Twilight and photoperiod affect behavioral entrainment in the house mouse (Mus musculus)

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-412

  Comas, M ^a   Hut, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Entrainment; Mus musculus; Photoperiod; Twilight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ENTRAINMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GRAVITY; HAMSTER; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TWILIGHT STATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD;

MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 73049116568     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409343873     Document Type: Article

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