Photoperiod modulates the inhibitory effect of in vitro melatonin on lymphocyte proliferation in female Siberian hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 224-233

  Prendergast, Brian J ^a   Yellon, Steven M ^b   Tran, Long T ^b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Day length; Female reproductive tract; Neuroimmunology; Phodopus sungorus; Photoperiodism; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034991587     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873040101600305     Document Type: Article

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