Melatonin as a principal component of red light therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Yeager, Ronnie L ^a   Oleske, Deanna A ^b   Sanders, Ruth A ^b   Watkins III, John B ^b   Eells, Janis T ^c   Henshel, Diane S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN REGION; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HYPOTHESIS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RED LIGHT; RETINA NERVE CELL; TOXICITY; VISUAL CORTEX; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOTOTHERAPY;

MUS;

EID: 34249653046     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.12.041     Document Type: Article

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