Role of photoperiod and the pineal gland in T cell-dependent humoral immune reactivity in the Siberian hamster

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Yellon, Steven M ^a   Teasley, Laura A ^a   Fagoaga, Omar R ^a   Nguyen, Hellen C ^a   Truong, Huy N ^a   Nehlsen Cannarella, Sandra L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Immunoglobulin; Immunology; Melatonin; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; CRICETINAE; ERYTHROCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONS; SHEEP; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032697497     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1999.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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