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Biol Rhythm Res. 2007;38(4):275-325. doi: 10.1080/09291010600903692.

Procedures for numerical analysis of circadian rhythms.

Biological rhythm research

Roberto Refinetti, Germaine Corné Lissen, Franz Halberg

Affiliations

  1. Circadian Rhythm Laboratory, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.

PMID: 23710111 PMCID: PMC3663600 DOI: 10.1080/09291010600903692

Abstract

This article reviews various procedures used in the analysis of circadian rhythms at the populational, organismal, cellular and molecular levels. The procedures range from visual inspection of time plots and actograms to several mathematical methods of time series analysis. Computational steps are described in some detail, and additional bibliographic resources and computer programs are listed.

Keywords: Biostatistics; chronobiology; chronomics; circadian rhythm; time series analysis

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