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Rhythmic 24 h Variation of Core Body Temperature and Locomotor Activity in a Subterranean Rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the Tuco-Tuco

The tuco-tuco Ctenomys aff. knighti is a subterranean rodent which inhabits a semi-arid area in Northwestern Argentina. Although they live in underground burrows where environmental cycles are attenuated, they display robust, 24 h locomotor activity rhythms that are synchronized by light/dark cycles...

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Autores principales: Tachinardi, Patricia, Bicudo, José Eduardo Wilken, Oda, Gisele Akemi, Valentinuzzi, Verónica Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085674