Analysis of zinc and magnesium levels in pinealectomized chicks: Roles on development of spinal deformity?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Yenisey, Çiǧdem ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^b   Ergin, Filiz A ^a   Biçakçi, Tuncay ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Erbeyli Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chick; Magnesium; Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; MELATONIN; NEUROHORMONE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RANK SUM TEST; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751259113     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:113:1:67     Document Type: Article

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