Pineal control of stress, distress and aging: The melatonin evidence

Developmental Brain Dysfunction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-537

  Pierpaoli, Walter ^a   Lesnikov, Vladimir A ^b  

^a INTERBION Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Distress; Melatonin; Pineal; Stress; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRESS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031545189     PISSN: 10195815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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