Non-specific neural stimuli and metabolic rhythms in rats
Physiologia Bohemoslovaca.
1978 ;
27 (6) :
501-4.
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid00152925
PubMed
152925
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Defecation * MeSH
- Rats MeSH
- Urination * MeSH
- Periodicity * MeSH
- Environment * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Rats MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
Ten rats housed in individual metabolism cages in a room next to a teaching laboratory showed rhythmic fluctuations in urination and defaecation. Sectral analysis of the data indicates a weekly rhythm which is attributed to the lack of neural stimuli at the weekend. Regression analysis using a weekly cycle illustrates this effect.
