In this study, the locomotor activity of a nocturnal prosimian, the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), was monitored under an experimentally varied light regime. During the process of reversing their day-night cycle, activity was monitored for a light-dark cycle roughly correlating to the external day-night, a free-running period in total darkness followed by a reversed day- night light regime.
Under constant conditions an endogenous cycle was shown to be present. During the artificial light regimes, locomotor activity became synchronized to the period of darkness.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:pacific.edu/oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2997 |
Date | 01 January 1979 |
Creators | Redman, Jimmy F., Jr. |
Publisher | Scholarly Commons |
Source Sets | University of the Pacific |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations |
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