Minireview: Cell protective role of melatonin in the brain

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 57-63

  Acufla‐Castroviejo, Darfo ^a   Escames, Germaine ^a   Macks, Manuel ^a   Hoyos, Antono Muñóz ^a   Carballo, Antonio Molina ^a   Arauzo, Mariano ^a   Montes, Rosa ^a   Vives, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; corticotropic peptides; excitotoxicity; GABA BNZ receptor complex; glutamate receptor; melatonin; opioids

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0029363440     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1995.tb00171.x     Document Type: Article

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