Photoperiodic regulation of mt1 and MT2 melatonin receptor expression in spleen and thymus of a tropical rodent funambulus pennanti during reproductively active and inactive phases

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-462

  Ahmad, Raise ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Funambulus pennanti; Melatonin; MT1 and MT2 receptors; Photoperiod; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; TESTOSTERONE; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952254030     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420521003666408     Document Type: Article

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