Behavioral alterations induced by absence of circadian light rhythm: effects of constant light or constant dark on depression-like behaviors and locomotor activity in rats

Affective disorders have been linked to abnormal biological rhythms. Depression- and anxiety-related behaviors can be altered following changes of daily periods of environmental light. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of daily light cycle on both anxiety- and depressive-like behav...

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Main Authors: Macelo Tadeu Marin, Túlio Teixeira Araújo, Marina Monteiro Figueiredo Rezende, Renata Ribeiro-Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2015-11-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/28247