1 | Author | Ramanujam Subbaraj | Requires cookie* |
Title | Effect of Lithium Chloride on the Circadian Rhythm in the Flight Activity of the Microchiropteran Bat, Taphozous melanopogon ![]() | ||
Abstract | We have performed experiments on the influence of Li+ offered through drinking water i) on the period length (t) of the rhythm in the flight activity o f bats under LL and ii) on phase angles during entrainment under LD cycles. Bats subject to entrainment exhibited no qualitative and quantitative change in ^ values after Li+ treatment. In contrast the ingestion of Li ions by bats under free-running conditions shortens the x of the bat rhythm by an amount that is a function of period length prior to ingestion, x is, thus homeostatically conserved in the face of Li administra tion in bats. | ||
Reference | Z. Naturforsch. 36c, 1068—1071 (1981); received September 4 1981 | ||
Published | 1981 | ||
Keywords | Circadian Rhythm, Flight Activity, Li+, Taphozous melanopogon, Homeostasis | ||
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