Neuroprotection by melatonin on astrocytoma cell death

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1171, Issue , 2009, Pages 509-513

  Radogna, Flavia ^a   Nuccitelli, Silvia ^a   Mengoni, Fabio ^b   Ghibelli, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytoma; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LIPOXYGENASE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRAIN U937; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 69149085102     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04900.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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