Photoperiod-testicular-immune interaction in a seasonal breeder Indian palm squirrel funambulus pennanti during the reproductively inactive and active phases

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Ahmad, R ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Immune function; Immunorefractoriness; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; OXAZOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GONAD FUNCTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SQUIRREL; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPLEEN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 57749189124     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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