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Continuous light abolishes the maternal entrainment of the circadian activity rhythm of the pups in the field mouse

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12∶12-h cycles of presence and absence of mother mouse act as a ‘zeitgeber’ and entrain the circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the pups ofMus booduga under continuous darkness or continuous dim light. Continuous higher illumination of 15–25 lx abolishes this impressive maternal entrainment.

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  1. Department of Animal Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, 625021, Madurai, India

    N. Viswanathan & M. K. Chandrashekaran

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Acknowledgment. We are grateful to the DST, Government of India, for financial support under their IRHPA scheme. N.V. is the recipient of a Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR, New Delhi. We thank Dr. R. Subbaraj for discussions.

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Viswanathan, N., Chandrashekaran, M.K. Continuous light abolishes the maternal entrainment of the circadian activity rhythm of the pups in the field mouse. Experientia 43, 576–578 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143591

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