Oral administration of melatonin to old ring doves (Streptopelia risoria) increases plasma levels of melatonin and heterophil phagocytic activity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-50

  Terrón, Ma Del Pilar ^a   Paredes, Sergio D ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a   Ortega, Eduarde ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOVE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 14644429039     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.1.44     Document Type: Article

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