The effect of pinealectomy and zinc deficiency on nitric oxide levels in rats with induced Toxoplasma gondii infection

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 359-363

  Baltaci, Abdulkerim Kasim ^a   Mogulkoc, Rasim ^a   Turkoz, Yusuf ^b   Bediz, Cem Seref ^c   Ozugurlu, Fikret ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pinealectomy; Toxoplasma gondii; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 3242709400     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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