Journal of Photoscience
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.252-254
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- 2002
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- 1225-8555(pISSN)
Analysis of Locomotor Activity and Body Temperature Rhythms in the Process of Daily Torpor in Djungarian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)
- Tsurumi, Toshiko (Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University) ;
- Masuda, Atsuko (Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University) ;
- Oishi, Tadashi (Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University)
- Published : 2002.08.01
Abstract
Djungarian hamsters show distinct seasonal rhythms in several physiological parameters. One of them is daily torpor that occurs in winter with decreased body temperature (about 1O-20
Keywords
- daily torpor;
- locomotor activity;
- body temperature;
- seasonal rhythms;
- circadian rhythms;
- ultradian rhythms