actogram

noun

actogram

noun
1

A graphical representation of the activity of an animal that has been isolated from environmental cues as to the time of day.

  • The three procedures covered in this section (inspection of actograms, computation of the peak of the smoothed rhythm, and acrophase of the fitted cosine curve), however, are used most commonly.2016, Roberto Refinetti, Circadian Physiology, page 80:
Related terms
biological clock

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