Alterations of motor activity circadian rhythm in rats with adjuvant arthritis.
Adjuvant arthritis in rats produces alterations in the motor activity circadian rhythm. Specifically arthritic animals show a decrease in the total daily motor activity and an advance in the acrophase of the rhythm. Slight changes are also observed in the power content of the circadian harmonic as well as in the amplitude.
Department of Animal Physiology, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain.
Margarida
M
Castell
Antoni Diez
AD
Noguera
Trinitat
T
Cambras
Montserrat
M
Ribot
Cristina
C
Castellote
Josep
J
Queralt
D000818:Animals; D001168:Arthritis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001835:Body Weight; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D006614:Hindlimb; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains