A feeding-entrainable circadian oscillator system in the rabbit
Jilge, B.
Annali Dell'istituto Superiore di Sanita 29(4): 511-520
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2571 PMID: 7985917 Document Number: 414906
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.