Entrainment of the circadian clock by daily ambient temperature cycles in the camel (Camelus dromedarius)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Allali, Khalid El ^a   Achaâban, Mohamed R ^a   Bothorel, Béatrice ^b   Piro, Mohamed ^c   Bouâouda, Hanan ^a,b   Allouchi, Morad El ^a   Ouassat, Mohammed ^a   Malan, André ^b   Pévet, Paul ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Camel; Circadian clock; Daily ambient temperature; Melatonin; Nonphotic entrainment

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMEL; CIRCADIAN CLOCK; DAILY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; MELATONIN; NONPHOTIC ENTRAINMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMELS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUES; DARKNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84878579643     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00466.2012     Document Type: Article

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