Exercise and melatonin in humans: Reciprocal benefits

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Escames, Germaine ^a,b   Ozturk, Guler ^c   Baño Otálora, Beatriz ^d   Pozo, María J ^e   Madrid, Juan A ^d   Reiter, Russel J ^f   Serrano, Eric ^a,b   Concepción, Melquiades ^a,b   Acuña Castroviejo, Dario ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

biological clock; melatonin circadian rhythm; physical exercise

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MELATONIN;

EID: 83555164963     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00924.x     Document Type: Review

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