Pineal peptides restore the age-related disturbances in hormonal functions of the pineal gland and the pancreas

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Goncharova, N D ^a   Vengerin, A A ^a   Khavinson, V Kh ^b   Lapin, B A ^a  

^a Research Institute of Medical Primatology   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age related dysfunctions; Aging; Epitalon; Epithalamin; Monkeys; Pancreas; Pineal gland; Pineal peptides

Indexed keywords

EPITALON; EPITHALAMIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PINEAL BODY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MACACA MULATTA; MELATONIN; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PINEAL GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 12344335158     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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