Dim light at night does not disrupt timing or quality of sleep in mice

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1016-1023

  Borniger, Jeremy C ^a   Weil, Zachary M ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; EEG; EMG; Light at night; REM sleep; Sleep; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; TELEMETRY; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84881401968     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.803196     Document Type: Article

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