Presence of the pineal hormone melatonin in rat cochlea: Its variations with lighting conditions

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 81-83

  Lopez Gonzalez, Miguel A ^a   Guerrero, Juan M ^b   Delgado, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Circadian cycle; Inner ear; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COCHLEA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNER EAR; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCHLEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031454612     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00844-6     Document Type: Article

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