Pineal gland and melatonin: Impact on the seasonality of immune defence in mammals and birds

Advances in Neuroimmune Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Majewski, Pawel ^a   Markowska, Magdalena ^a   Pawlak, Joanna ^a   Piesiewicz, Aneta ^a   Turkowska, Elzbieta ^a   Skwarlo Sonta, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

birds; chickens; immunity; inflammation; mammals; Melatonin; photoperiod; pineal gland; season

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84861984992     PISSN: 1878948X     EISSN: 18789498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NIB-2012-012033     Document Type: Review

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