Pineal control of immune status and hematological changes in blood and bone marrow of male squirrels (Funambulus pennanti) during their reproductively active phase

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-328

  Rai, S ^a   Haldar, C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blastogenic response; Bone marrow; Melatonin; Percent lymphocyte count; Pineal; Splenocytes; Thymocytes; Total leukocyte count

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SQUIRREL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FUNAMBULUS; FUNAMBULUS PALMARUM; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0842346115     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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