Changes in circadian rhythms during puberty in Rattus norvegicus: Developmental time course and gonadal dependency

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-57

  Hagenauer, Megan Hastings ^a,b   King, Andrea F ^b   Possidente, Bernard ^c   McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^d   Lumia, Augustus R ^d   Peckham, Elizabeth M ^b   Lee, Theresa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chronotype; Period; Phase; Rat; Rodent; Sex difference; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REST; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; RATS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 79958054859     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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