Dim nocturnal illumination alters coupling of circadian pacemakers in Siberian hamsters, Phodopus sungorus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 631-639

  Gorman, M R ^a   Elliott, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oscillator photoperiod coupling; Splitting entrainment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; GONAD; HAMSTER; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GONADS; LIGHTING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7744232119     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0522-7     Document Type: Article

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