Presence of links between zinc and melatonin during the circadian cycle in old mice: Effects on thymic endocrine activity and on the survival

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Santarelli, Lory ^a   Tibaldi, Alberto ^a   Muzzioli, Mario ^a   Bulian, Daniele ^a   Cipriano, Katia ^a   Olivieri, Fabiola ^a   Fabris, Nicola ^a  

^a Immunology Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian cycle; Glucocorticoids; Melatonin; Survival; Thymulin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THYMUS FUNCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

EID: 0032525839     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00253-1     Document Type: Article

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