Melatonin: Cell death modulator;Melatonina: Modulador de morte celular

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-718

  Ferreira, Cecília da Silva ^a   Maganhin, Carla Crisistina ^a   Simões, Ricardo dos Santos ^a,b   Girão, Manoel João Batisista Castello ^a   Baracat, Edmund Chada ^a,b   Soares Jr, José Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosis regulatory proteins; Caspases; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CASPASE; MELATONIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; HUMANS; MELATONIN;

EID: 79551609160     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302010000600024     Document Type: Article

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