Potential biological consequences of excessive light exposure: Melatonin suppresion, DNA damage, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 9-13

  Reiter, Russel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diseases of aging; DNA damage; Free radical scavenging; Light exposure; Melatonin suppression; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

AGING; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DESTRUCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036335878     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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