Chronic shifts in the length and phase of the light cycle increase intermittent alcohol drinking in C57BL/6J mice

Introduction: Shift workers – e.g., health care professionals, truck drivers, and factory workers – are forced to maintain daily cycles at odds with their natural circadian rhythms and as a consequence need to frequently readjust these cycles. This shift work-induced circadian desynchrony (CD) is as...

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Main Authors: Danielle eGulick, Joshua John Gamsby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00009/full