title: Murine circadian patterns of eating and drinking behaviors revisited: rhythmometric analyses and neuro-ethological comments.
abstract: This research dealt with rhythmometric methods for estimating the main circadian parameters characterizing the temporal structure of feeding activities in the mouse. Such experiments provide a quantitative approach for studying some neurobiological mechanisms regulating the feeding behaviors. These basic motivational manifestations would appear to be modulated by the circadian fluctuations of vigilance.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010507:Periodicity; D011603:Psychophysiology