A feeding-entrainable circadian oscillator system in the rabbit.
One of the most important properties of biological oscillators is their entrainment by exogenous forces acting cyclically in the environment. Among the environmental cycles, the phenomena recurring with a circadian periodicity are very prominent. The role of circadian zeitgebers is discussed giving a particular importance to the effects of feeding as a cause of masking and entrainment.
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Laboratory Animals Research Unit, University of Ulm, Germany.
D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000502:physiology*