Seasonally of pineal gland activity and immune functions in chickens

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-72

  Majewski, Paweł ^a   Adamska, Iwona ^a   Pawlak, Joanna ^a   Barańska, Anna ^a   Skwarło Sońta, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chicken; Immune system; Inflammation; Melatonin; N acetyltransferase; Peritonitis; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; OPIATE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PINEAL BODY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPLEEN CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNITY; MELATONIN; PERITONITIS; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONS;

EID: 22044445967     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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