Melatonin protects mice infected with Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 430-434

  Bonilla, E ^a,b   Valero Fuenmayor, N ^a   Pons, H ^a   Chacin Bonilla L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Fundacite Zulia   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Encephalomyelitis; Equine; Melatonin; Venezuelan; Virus

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030805198     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050051     Document Type: Article

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