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Mouse circadian rhythm before the Kobe earthquake in 1995
Author(s) -
Yokoi Sayoko,
Ikeya Motoji,
Yagi Takeshi,
Nagai Katsuya
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.10108
Subject(s) - circadian rhythm , rhythm , seismology , biology , geology , medicine , neuroscience
Mouse circadian diagrams recorded at Osaka University showed unusual mouse behavior before the Kobe earthquake on January 17th, 1995. The locomotive activities on January 16th showed drastic increases, several times above the standard deviation, during both sleep and active periods, indicating that mice perceived of some preseismic signals. Bioelectromagnetics 24:289–291, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.