Melatonin : biological basis of its function in health and disease /: biological basis of its function in health and disease. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Daniel P. Cardinali.
• Other Names: Pandi-Perumal, S. R; Cardinali, Daniel P
• Contents: Mechanisms underlying seasonal regulation of melatonin synthesis in rodents / Valérie Simonneaux [and others] -- Oxidative stress-mediated damage during in vivo ischemia-reperfusion injury : protective effects of melatonin / Russel J. Reiter [and others] -- Melatonin and the thyroid gland / Andrzej Lewinski -- The role of melatonin in the development of scoliosis / Keith M. Bagnall [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- 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. 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Melatonin, light and migraine / Bruno Claustrat [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others].
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (283 pages), (60 illustrations)
• Subjects: 612.4/92; Melatonin; Melatonin -- physiology; Pineal Gland -- physiology; Pineal Gland -- physiopathology; Glande pinéale; Melatonin; Mélatonine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498713511; 1498713513
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.