Relationship between the annual rhythms in melatonin and immune system status in the tropical palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti

Chronobiology International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Haldar, C ^a   Singh, R ^a   Guchhait, P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annual rhythm; Environment immunity; F. pennanti; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MELATONIN; PERIODICITY; PINEAL GLAND; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; FUNAMBULUS PALMARUM; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0035126892     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100001174     Document Type: Article

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