Melatonin as a stabilizer of mitochondrial function: Role in diseases and aging

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 822-831

  Carrasco, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez, Ana Beatriz ^a   Pariente, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases; Diseases; Melatonin; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946724137     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: 13036092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-1504-26     Document Type: Review

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