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Entrainment of Circadian Activity Rhythms in Mice by Electrostatic Fields

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MANY physiological processes in plants and animals are rhythmic, that is, they undergo a 24 h sequence of change at the end of which the initial situation has been re-established. Furthermore, these rhythms almost always persist in the absence of temperature and light–dark cycles. These persistent rhythms are said to be timed by the organism's biological clock1.

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DOWSE, H., PALMER, J. Entrainment of Circadian Activity Rhythms in Mice by Electrostatic Fields. Nature 222, 564–566 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222564a0

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