Melatonin and differential effect of L-thyroxine on immune system of Indian tropical bird Perdicula asiatica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Singh, Shiv Shankar ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a   Rai, Seema ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biphasic; Blastogenic response; In vitro; In vivo; L Thyroxine; Melatonin; Splenocyte

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 30344437891     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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