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Circadian Rhythms in the Central Cholinergic System in Aging Animals

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Book cover Aging and Biological Rhythms

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A number of changes in cyclically varying parameters during aging have been reported. These have included phase shifts in the diurnal distribution of spontaneous locomotor activity of rats (Mohan, 1975), mitotic index in the rat ear epithelium (Bullough, 1949), body temperature (Yunnis et al., 1974), urinary excretion of catecholamines (Descovich et al., 1974), eosinophil count (Halberg et al., 1955) and several other physiological parameters (Scheving et al., 1974).

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA

    Chandra Mohan

  2. Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560001, India

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Mohan, C., Radha, E. (1978). Circadian Rhythms in the Central Cholinergic System in Aging Animals. In: Samis, H.V., Capobianco, S. (eds) Aging and Biological Rhythms. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, vol 108. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4460-6_12

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