Changes in serum melatonin levels in response to pinealectomy in the chicken and its correlation with development of scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2377-2382

  Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Moreau, Marc ^a   Raso, V James ^b   Zhao, Jie ^a   Jiang, Hongxing ^a   Mahood, James ^a   Bagnall, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chickens; Pinealectomy; Scoliosis; Serum melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0032533920     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199811150-00002     Document Type: Article

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