Diurnal sensitivity in melatonin-lnduced hematological changes in the male albino rat

NeuroSignals

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Karimungi, M G ^a   Joshi, B N ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hematology; Melatonin; Pineal

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029823365     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109201     Document Type: Article

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