Dim nighttime illumination interacts with parametric effects of bright light to increase the stability of circadian rhythm bifurcation in hamsters

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 488-496

  Evans, Jennifer A ^a,b   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^a   Gorman, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcated rhythms; Circadian coupling; Oscillator interactions; Parametric and nonparametric entrainment; Plasticity; Splitting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HAMSTER; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 79960981588     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.591952     Document Type: Article

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