Unlike the synchronous Plasmodium falciparum and P. chabaudi infection, the P. berghei and P. yoelii asynchronous infections are not affected by melatonin

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-55

  Bagnaresi, Piero ^a   Alves, Eduardo ^a   Da Silva, Henrique Borges ^a   Epiphanio, Sabrina ^b   Mota, Maria M ^b   Garcia, Célia Regina Da Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell cycle; Malaria; Melatonin; Rhythm; Sporozoite

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HORMONE ACTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASMODIUM YOELII INFECTION; RAT; SPOROZOITE;

EID: 71549147821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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