Ultrastructural clues for the potent therapeutic effect of melatonin on aging skin in pinealectomized rats

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-611

  Eşrefoǧlu, Mukaddes ^a   Gül, Mehmet ^a   Seyhan, Muammer ^a   Parlakpinar, Hakan ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b National Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant system; Melatonin; Skin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; MELATONIN; MYELIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENSE BODY; DERMIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; EXPERIMENTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TONOFILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MALE; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 33751053999     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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