The zinc pool is involved in the immune-reconstituting effect of melatonin in pinealectomized mice

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1200-1208

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Bulian, Daniele ^c   Santarelli, Lory ^a   Tibaldi, Alberto ^a   Muzzioli, Mario ^a   Lesnikov, Vladimir ^c   Pierpaoli, Walter ^c   Fabris, Nicola ^a,b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Biancalana Masera Found the Aged   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; THYMUS HORMONE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PINEAL GLAND; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

EID: 0030426280     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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