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Circadian dynamics of cell composition of the thymus and lymph nodes in mice normally, under conditions of permanent illumination, and after melatonin injection.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 Aug 2005
Litvinenko G I, Shurlygina A V, Verbitskaya L V, Panteleeva N G, Melnikova E V, Trufakin V A
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The effect of melatonin on disturbed circadian variations in the lymphocyte subpopulation composition of the thymus and inguinal lymph nodes was studied in CBA mice exposed to constant illumination for 14 days. The desynchronizing effect of permanent illumination on the thymus consisted in disappearance of circadian variations in the total number of thymocytes, absolute count of thymocytes, absolute counts of...
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