Suppression of annual plasma testosterone and thyroxine cycles in the edible dormouseGlis glis under constant photoperiod at 24°C

Summary Exposure of male ebible dormice all year round to an unwarying photoperiod and warm temperature disrupted their biological cycles; hibernation was almost completely suppressed, and short lived infradian cycles of body weight, and of plasma testosterone and thyroxine were measured instead of the normal annual patten.