Day/night differences in stress-induced gastric lesions in rats with an intact pineal gland or after pinealectomy

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408-415

  Konturek, Stanisław J ^a   Brzozowski, Tomasz ^a   Konturek, Piotr C ^b   Zwirska Korczala, Krystyna ^c   Reiter, Russel J ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Prostaglandins; Stress gastric lesions; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GASTRIN; MELATONIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS ULCER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; FREE RADICALS; GASTRINS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS;

EID: 42149114680     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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