Effects of melatonin supplementary on the sciatic nerve conduction velocity in the ovariectomized-aged rat

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 666-670

  Ek, Rauf Onur ^a   Zencirci, Şerife Gokce ^a   Dost, Turhan ^a   Birincioglu, Mustafa ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet Dincer ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Melatonin; Nerve conduction velocity; Ovariectomy; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 38049079678     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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