The immune-pineal axis: Stress as a modulator of pineal gland function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1153, Issue , 2009, Pages 193-202

  Couto Moraes, Renato ^a   Palermo Neto, João ^a   Markus, Regina Pekelmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; RETINA; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 60349091250     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03978.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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