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4. A Materials and Methods section that provides sufficient information for qualified investigators to reproduce the work in similar fashion. Reference to published procedures by appropriate succinct summary and citation is encouraged but should not replace adequate methodological description. The Journal of Biological Rhythms endorses the Declaration of Helsinki and the U.S. National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. It will be assumed that authors have conscientiously followed principles and practices in accord with these documents in experiments involving human subjects and experimental animals.
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7. References should be double spaced and listed sequentially in alphabetical order according to the name of the first author with (a) a full list of authors, (b) date, (c) full title of the paper, (d) journal titles abbreviated as per Index Medicus, (e) volume number, and (f) first and last pages. Only papers published or in press may be included in the reference list. Papers should be cited in the text by author(s) and date.
Examples
Aschoff J (1965) Response curves in circadian periodicity. In Circadian Clocks, J Aschoff, ed, pp 95-111, North-Holland, Amsterdam.
Pittendrigh CS and Daan S (1976) A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents. I. The stability and liability of spontaneous frequency. J Comp Physiol A 106:223-252.
Richter CP (1965) Biological Clocks in Medicine and Psychiatry, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, IL.
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