Temporal oscillations of thyroid hormones in long term melatonin treated rats

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-56

  Mirunalini, S ^a   Subramanian, Perumal ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 12744273420     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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