Possible effects of melatonin on thymus gland after pinealectomy in rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Öner, Hakan ^a   Kus, Ilter ^b   Öner, Jale ^a   Ögetürk, Murat ^b   Ozan, Enver ^b   Ayar, Ahmet ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; THYMUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 3242753635     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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