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FatMice18: Fat Mice 18

Description

Weight gain for mice with different nighttime light conditions

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 18 observations on the following 2 variables.
  • Light Light treatment: LD= normal light/dark cycle or LL=bright light at night
  • WgtGain4 Weight gain (grams over a four week period)

Source

Fonken, L., et. al., "Light at night increases body mass by shifting time of food intake," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 26, 2010; 107(43): 18664-18669.

Details

This is a subset of the LightatNight dataset, showing body mass gain in mice after 4 weeks for two of the treatment conditions: a normal light/dark cycle (LD) or a bright light on at night (LL).