The effects of pineal gland transplantation on the production of spinal deformity and serum melatonin level following pinealectomy in the chicken

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 487-494

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a,b   Yenisey, Çiǧdem ^a   Uysal, Ayşegül ^c   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^d   Yurtseven, Mine Ertem ^c  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cumhuriyet Mahallesi   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Erbeyli Fig Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chickens; Melatonin; Pineal body; Pinealectomy; Radiography; Spinal diseases; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHICKEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242404593     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0528-9     Document Type: Article

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