Antagonistic effect of luzindole in mice treated with melatonin during the infection with the venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Valero, Nereida ^a   Nery, Anaís ^b   Bonilla, Ernesto ^c   Espina, Luz Marina ^a   Chacin Bonilla, Leonor ^a   Añez, Florencio ^a   Maldonado, Mery ^a   Meleán, Eddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas IVIC Zulia   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Luzindole; Melatonin; Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; TRYPTAMINES;

EQUIDAE; MUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 58849137975     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9766-x     Document Type: Article

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