Effects of melatonin on 24-h rhythms of neuroendocrine and immune changes in Freund's adjuvant-induced arthritis

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Esquifino, Ana I ^a   Cardinali, Daniel P ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acethylcholine; Melatonin; Noradrenaline; Ornithine descarboxylase; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPH NODE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0032737021     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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