Melatonin and tryptophan as therapeutic agents against the impairment of the sleep-wake cycle and immunosenescencedue to aging in Streptopelia risoria

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-760

  Paredes, Sergio D ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity rest rhythms; Aging; Bird; Cell viability; Melatonin; Phagocytic process; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; DOVE; HOST RESISTANCE; NIGHT SLEEP; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SENESCENCE;

EID: 37849042623     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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