Rationale for the use of melatonin as a protective agent against cosmic radiation and ischemia-reperfusion damage in long term spaceflight

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Freitas, Isabel ^a,e   Bertone, Vittorio ^a   Guarnaschelli, Catia ^a   Boncompagni, Eleonora ^a   Vairetti, Mariapia ^b   Ferrigno, Andrea ^b   Rizzo, Vittoria ^c   Reiter, Russel J ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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

^e Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic radiation; Hibernation; Ischemia reperfusion; Melatonin; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HIBERNATION; ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION; MAMMALIAN HIBERNATION; MELATONIN; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION-INDUCED; SPACE MEDICINES;

AVIATION MEDICINE; BIOMOLECULES; COSMIC RAYS; FREE RADICALS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMALS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; RADIATION SHIELDING; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

HORMONES;

EID: 33644892460     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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