Effect of Melatonin Treatment on 24-hour Variations in Hypothalamic Serotonin and Dopamine Turnover during the Preclinical Phase of Freund's Adjuvant Arthritis in Rats

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-211

  Pazo, David ^a   Cardinali, Daniel P ^b   García Bonacho, Manuel ^a   Toso, Carlos Reyes ^b   Esquifino, Ana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dopamine turnover; Freund's adjuvant arthritis; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Serotonin turnover; Sickness syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000197806     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0929-1016(200004)31:2;1-U;FT202     Document Type: Article

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