Chronic exposure to dim light at night suppresses immune responses in Siberian hamsters

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 468-471

  Bedrosian, Tracy A ^a   Fonken, Laura K ^a   Walton, James C ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactericide; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Light pollution; Lipopolysaccharide; Phodopus sungorus

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADAPTATION; BLOOD; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIGHT POLLUTION; LOCOMOTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; HAMSTER; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; PHODOPUS; REVIEW; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEVER; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY; LIGHT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LOCOMOTION; PHODOPUS;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 80051696772     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1108     Document Type: Review

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