Aging alters resynchronization of the circadian system in rats after a shift of the light-dark cycle
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 46 (1) , 75-77
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01955421
Abstract
Four days following an 8-h advance of the light-dark cycle, the circadian rhythms in the pineal N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin content reappeared in 7-week-old rats, but were still abolished in 24-month-old animals.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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