Psychological Reports · 1968 · 21 citations · 4 references
Life SciencesAnimal SciencesPhysiologyAnimal BehaviorAnimal PhysiologyCircadian RhythmsBehavioral PhysiologyBody Temperature RhythmsCircadian PhysiologyRodent PhysiologyTemperature RegulationThermal PhysiologyActivity Level MonitoringActivity-temperature CouplingBehavioral ThermoregulationBody Core TemperatureBody TemperatureDiurnal Body Temperature VariationPhysical Activity Level
Body temperature was monitored continuously while the behavior in the living cage was either sampled across time or also continuously recorded. Although a significant correlation was found between activity level and temperature, this relationship was weak and had no consistent temporal dependency. Both activity level and temperature appear to depend primarily upon time of day.
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