Melatonin biological basis of its function in health and disease / [edited by] S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Daniel P. Cardinali.

Other author Pandi-Perumal, S. R.
Other author Cardinali, Daniel P.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGeorgetown, Tex. : Landes Bioscience ; Austin, Tex. : Eurekah.com,
Description283 p. : ill.
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SeriesMedical intelligence unit
Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003) ^A676181
Contents Mechanisms underlying seasonal regulation of melatonin synthesis in rodents / Valérie Simonneaux ... [et al.] -- Oxidative stress-mediated damage during in vivo ischemia-reperfusion injury : protective effects of melatonin / Russel J. Reiter ... [et al.] -- Melatonin and the thyroid gland / Andrzej Lewinski -- The role of melatonin in the development of scoliosis / Keith M. Bagnall ... [et al.] -- Effect of melatonin on life span and longevity / Vladimir N. Anisimov -- Cardiovascular effects of melatonin / Ewa Sewerynek -- Pineal gland and cancer - an epigenetic approach to the control of malignancy : evaluation of the role of melatonin / Christian Bartsch and Hella Bartsch -- Expression and signal transduction pathways of melatonin receptors in pituitary / Hana Zemkova, Ales Balik, and Stanko S. Stojilkovic -- The role of thermoregulation in the soporific effects of melatonin : a new perspective / Saul S. Gilbert ... [et al.] -- The role of melatonin in human aging and age-related diseases / Michal Karasek -- Role of endogenous and exogenous melatonin in inflammation / Salvatore Cuzzocrea -- Heterologous modulation of androgen receptor nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling by melatonin : a novel mode of regulating androgen sensitivity / Nava Zisapel --
Contents Extrapineal melatonin : location and role in pathological processes / Igor M. Kvetnoy, Natalia S. Sinitskaya, and Tatiana V. Kvetnaia -- Sleep and melatonin in diurnal species / Irina V. Zhdanova -- The effect of different wavelengths of light in changing the phase of the melatonin circadian rhythm / Helen R. Wright and Leon C. Lack -- Clinical utility of the antioxidant melatonin in the newborn / Eloisa Gitto ... [et al.] -- Diurnal 5-HT production and melatonin formation / Jimo Borjigin and Jie Deng -- Melatonin and mitochondrial respiration / Yuji Okatani, Akihiko Wakatsuki, and Russel J. Reiter -- Melatonin use as a bone-protecting substance / Daniel P. Cardinali ... [et al.] -- Melatonin, light and migraine / Bruno Claustrat ... [et al.] -- Melatonin in protection against oxidative damage caused by potential carcinogens / Malgorzata Karbownik -- Influence of melatonin on the health and diseases of the retina / Allan F. Wiechmann -- Melatonin synchronizes cell physiology through cytoskeletal rearrangements / Gloria Benítez-King ... [et al.] -- Melatonin in winter depression / Arcady A. Putilov, Galena S. Russkikh, and S.R. Pandi-Perumal -- Delayed sleep phase syndrome : a melatonin onset disorder / Marcel G. Smits and S.R. Pandi-Perumal -- Melatonin as an antidepressant for treatment of delayed sleep phase syndrome with comorbid depression / Leonid Kayumov ... [et al.].
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LCCN 2004016759
ISBN9781587062445
ISBN1587062445

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