Melatonin blocks dexamethasone-induced immunosuppression in a seasonally breeding rodent Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti

Steroids

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-377

  Haldar, Chandana ^a   Rai, Seema ^a   Singh, Rajesh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Funambulus pennanti; Immunity; Melatonin; Seasonal stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SPLEEN; SQUIRREL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZOLONE; SCIURIDAE; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; FUNAMBULUS; FUNAMBULUS PALMARUM; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 3042693969     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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