Melatonin
Subtitle: biological basis of its function in health and disease
By: [edited by] S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Daniel P. Cardinali.
Contributors: Pandi-Perumal, S. R.; Cardinali, Daniel P.
Series: Medical intelligence unit; Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience; Eurekah.com
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex; Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Subjects: Melatonin.; Melatonin -- physiology.; Pineal Gland -- physiology.; Pineal Gland -- physiopathology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mechanisms underlying seasonal regulation of melatonin synthesis in rodents / Valérie Simonneaux ... [et al.]; title: Oxidative stress-mediated damage during in vivo ischemia-reperfusion injury / Russel J. Reiter ... [et al.]; title: Melatonin and the thyroid gland / Andrzej Lewinski; title: The role of melatonin in the development of scoliosis / Keith M. Bagnall ... [et al.]; title: Effect of melatonin on life span and longevity / Vladimir N. Anisimov; title: Cardiovascular effects of melatonin / Ewa Sewerynek; title: Pineal gland and cancer / Christian Bartsch and Hella Bartsch; title: Expression and signal transduction pathways of melatonin receptors in pituitary / Hana Zemkova, Ales Balik, and Stanko S. Stojilkovic; title: The role of thermoregulation in the soporific effects of melatonin / Saul S. Gilbert ... [et al.]; title: The role of melatonin in human aging and age-related diseases / Michal Karasek; title: Role of endogenous and exogenous melatonin in inflammation / Salvatore Cuzzocrea; title: Heterologous modulation of androgen receptor nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling by melatonin / Nava Zisapel; title: Extrapineal melatonin / Igor M. Kvetnoy, Natalia S. Sinitskaya, and Tatiana V. Kvetnaia; title: Sleep and melatonin in diurnal species / Irina V. Zhdanova; title: The effect of different wavelengths of light in changing the phase of the melatonin circadian rhythm / Helen R. Wright and Leon C. Lack; title: Clinical utility of the antioxidant melatonin in the newborn / Eloisa Gitto ... [et al.]; title: Diurnal 5-HT production and melatonin formation / Jimo Borjigin and Jie Deng; title: Melatonin and mitochondrial respiration / Yuji Okatani, Akihiko Wakatsuki, and Russel J. Reiter; title: Melatonin use as a bone-protecting substance / Daniel P. Cardinali ... [et al.]; title: Melatonin, light and migraine / Bruno Claustrat ... [et al.]; title: Melatonin in protection against oxidative damage caused by potential carcinogens / Malgorzata Karbownik; title: Influence of melatonin on the health and diseases of the retina / Allan F. Wiechmann; title: Melatonin synchronizes cell physiology through cytoskeletal rearrangements / Gloria Benítez-King ... [et al.]; title: Melatonin in winter depression / Arcady A. Putilov, Galena S. Russkikh, and S.R. Pandi-Perumal; title: Delayed sleep phase syndrome / M.G. Smits and S.R. Pandi-Perumal; title: Melatonin as an antidepressant for treatment of delayed sleep phase syndrome with comorbid depression / Leonid Kayumov ... [et al.].