Photorefractoriness of immune function in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-329

  Prendergast, B J ^a   Wynne Edwards, K E ^b   Yellon, S M ^c   Nelson, R J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Lymphocyte; Melatonin; Photoperiodism; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADECTOMY; GRANULOCYTE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MASKING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS SIZE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CRICETINAE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

EID: 0036211248     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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