Melatonin protects against age-related DNA damage in the brains of female senescence-accelerated mice

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 202-209

  Morioka, Nobuyuki ^a   Okatani, Yuji ^a   Wakatsuki, Akihiko ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; DNA; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; MELATONIN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; MELATONIN; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL GLAND; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0032698141     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1999.tb00616.x     Document Type: Article

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