The effect of pinealectomy on immune parameters in different age groups in rats: Results of the weekly alteration of the zinc level and the effect of melatonin administration on wound healing

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 320-324

  Beşkonakh, Etem ^a   Palaoǧlu, Selçuk ^b   Renda, Nurten ^b   Kulaçoglu, Sezer ^a   Turhan, Turan ^a   Taşkm, Yamaç ^a  

^a Numune Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immune system; Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Wound healing; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE; MELATONIN; ZINC;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND HEALING; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033857981     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0666     Document Type: Article

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