Chapter 16 Melatonin and Nerve Regeneration

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 317-335

  Odaci, Ersan ^a   Kaplan, Suleyman ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MACROGOL; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL VACUOLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIA; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAW EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PINEAL BODY; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; METABOLISM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 70349784605     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87016-5     Document Type: Review

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