A theoretical study on seasonality

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Schmal, Christoph ^a   Myung, Jihwan ^b   Herzel, Hanspeter ^c   Bordyugov, Grigory ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Entrainment; Oscillator; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930680074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00094     Document Type: Article

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