Melatonin as a time-meaningful signal in circadian organization of immune response

NeuroSignals

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Cardinali, Daniel P ^a,b   Brusco, Luis I ^a,b   Cutrera, Rodolfo A ^a,b   Castrillón, Patricia ^a,b   Esquifino, Ana I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine synthesis; Aging; Circadian rhythms; Freund rsquo; s adjuvant arthritis; Lymph nodes; Melatonin; Ornithine decarboxylase; Pineal gland; Spleen; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; MELATONIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HORMONE RELEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SPLEEN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033059698     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014567     Document Type: Article

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