Therapeutic benefit of melatonin in experimental feline uveitis

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Del Sole, María José ^a   Sande, Pablo H ^b   Fernandez, Diego C ^b   Sarmiento, María Inés Keller ^b   Aba, Marcelo A ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cats; melatonin; uveitis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETINA; UVEITIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELATONIN; RETINA; UVEITIS;

EID: 83555173391     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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