Effects of physiological and pharmacological concentrations of melatonin on ischemia-reperfusion arrhythmias in rats: Can the incidence of sudden cardiac death be reduced?

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 194-198

  Sahna, Engin ^a   Olmez, Ercument ^a,b   Acet, Ahmet ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Rat; Reperfusion arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEART RATE; MALE; MELATONIN; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036223583     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.1o853.x     Document Type: Article

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