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When studying the biological basis of circadian rhythms, the investigator is often restricted to the use of animal experimental models since with humans the invasive, rigorous techniques of physiology and anatomy are obviously prohibitive. In mammalian chronobiology, rodents and lower primates have proved most suitable for the study of the structural and functional characteristics of the circadian system.
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Rietveld, W.J., Justice, A.W. (1987). Long Term Recording of Animal Behaviour as a Tool in Circadian Rhythm Research. In: Scheving, L.E., Halberg, F., Ehret, C.F. (eds) Chronobiotechnology and Chronobiological Engineering. NATO ASI Series, vol 120. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3547-1_37
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