Pineal-dependent and -independent effects of photoperiod on immune function in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Wen, Jarvi C ^a   Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^b   Prendergast, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Neural immune interactions; Seasonality; Sickness behaviors

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HAMSTER; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EATING; FEVER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33751548658     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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