The role of melatonin in human physiology and pathology.II.Involvement of melatonin in pathogenesis of affective and chronobiological disorders, Melatonin and aging

• Authors: Dorota Slowinska-Klencka , Andrzej Lewinski
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the second part of this review the role of <melatonin> in <pathogenesis> of <affective diseases> and <chronobiological disorders> is discussed. Current views on melatonin involvement in aging are presented. Clinical experiments on the possible usefulness of melatonin in treatment of various types of cancers and hypothetical mechanisms of oncostatic influence of melatonin are also summarized.

Keywords

EN

AFFECTIVE DISORDER; AGEING; CHRONOBIOLOGICAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MELATONIN; NEOPLASM; PINEAL GLAND

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 267-276

Contributors

author

Dorota Slowinska-Klencka

author

Andrzej Lewinski

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: A.Lewinski