Circadian melatonin and young-to-old pineal grafting postpone aging and maintain juvenile conditions of reproductive functions in mice and rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 587-602

  Pierpaoli, Walter ^a   Bulian, D ^a   Dall'ara, A ^a   Marchetti, B ^b   Gallo, F ^b   Morale, M C ^c   Tirolo, C ^c   Testa, N ^c  

^a Interbion Foundation for Basic Biomedical Research   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptors; Brain LHRH receptors; Gonads; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Reproductive hormones; Sexual aging; Testes; Testosterone; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030878594     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00163-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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