Behavioral responses to combinations of timed light, food availability, and ultradian rhythms in the common vole (Microtus arvalis)

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Van Der Veen, Daan R ^a,b   Saaltink, Dirk Jan ^a,c   Gerkema, Menno P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Food restriction; Light; Running wheel; Ultradian rhythm; Vole; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 80052048618     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.591953     Document Type: Review

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