Pineal modulation of thymus and immune function in a seasonally breeding tropical rodent, funambulus pennanti

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-98

  Mark Lokman, P ^a   Wass, Robert T ^a   Suter, Hayley C ^a   Scott, Stephen G ^a   Judge, Karen F ^a   Young, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; OXAZOLONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MESENTERY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MELATONIN; MESENTERY; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZOLONE; PINEAL GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0035253074     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20010201)289:2<90::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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