Plasma melatonin, pinealocyte morphology, and surface receptors/antigen expression on macrophages/microglia in the pineal gland following a high-altitude exposure

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 533-543

  Kaur, C ^a   Srinivasan, K N ^a   Singh, J ^a   Peng, C M ^b   Ling, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Republic of Singapore Air Force   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CR3 receptors; High altitude; Macrophages microglia; Melatonin; MHC class II antigens; Pineal gland; Pinealocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MELATONIN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0037083128     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10136     Document Type: Article

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