Download or read book Treatise on Pineal Gland and Melatonin written by Chandana Haldar and published by Science Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text includes recent literature on pineal research on reproduction, melatonin rhythm, carbohydrate metabolism and immunity.
Download or read book The Pineal Gland and Melatonin written by Mehmet Turget and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pineal gland, epiphysis, is a small endocrine gland in the brain. since Descartes it is known organ, but in the past decade it has been the subject of much research and debate in recent years. Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, it provides an in-depth review of knowledge of the developmental anatomy, imaging, benign and malignant neoplasms of the pineal gland, and their treatment by endoscopic techniques and surgical procedures. Moreover, the biological effects of melatonin, the chief product of pineal gland, and experimental pinealeactomy procedures in small animals are given. As a result, it gives clinicians and investigators current evidences and an outlook to future areas of study and to innovative therapeutic philosophies. This book represents the first comprehensive reference book on the pineal gland and its product melatonin.
Download or read book Melatonin written by S. R. Pandi-Perumal and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melatonin is a neurohormone produced in the brain by the pineal gland, from the amino acid tryptophan. Melatonin possesses antioxidant activity, and many of its proposed therapeutic or preventive uses are based on this property. This book presents a wide spectrum of research on melatonin.
Download or read book Role of Melatonin and Pineal Peptides in Neuroimmunomodulation written by Franco Fraschini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research related to the pineal gland has advanced rapidly in the last three decades since the discovery of its most important hormone, melatonin. This indoleamine has been shown to have a large variety of effects in the organism; the bulk of these actions were initially thought to relate the pineal gland to the reproductive and endocrine systems. It is now apparent, however, that the physiologic interactions of the pineal and its hormones far transcend its control of endocrine function. One field of pineal research that has developed rapidly within the last 5 years has been the demonstration of its relationship to the immune system. Since the pineal gland is part of the central nervous system, these observations generally fall in the category of neuroimmunology, an area that, in its own right, has received a great deal of attention in the last decade. Thus, a NATO Advanced Study Course entitled "Role of Melatonin and Pineal Pep tides in Neuroimmunomodulation" was convened in Erice, Sicily, on June 3-9, 1990. This book is a result of the scientific presentations given at the workshop. The contributions to the book include mini-review articles which summarized the presentations of the invited speakers as well as a selected number of brief communications where the subject matter was in line with the theme of the Advanced Study Course.
Download or read book The Pineal Gland and Its Hormones written by Franco Fraschini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the written contributions to the proceedings of a workshop related to the pineal gland and its hormones, which was held in Erice, Italy, on June 7 -June 13, 1994. This series of workshops, which began in 1982 and which have been held at four-year intervals since that time, has provided important continuity for advancing the state of knowledge relating to this very important investigative area. The enthusiasm for these conferences has increased steadily, as reflected in the number of individuals applying to attend and in the input of individuals who participate in the meeting. The 1994 meeting was important because of its timeliness. In the two years preceding the meeting a number of revolutionary discoveries were made relative to the actions of the pineal hormone melatonin. The Xenopus melatonin receptor was cloned, melatonin was demonstrated to be a potent antioxidant, the significance of melatonin receptors at the level of pars tuberalis in the regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis was questioned, a number of melatonin receptor analogues were discovered and successfully utilized, the mechanisms by which melatonin retards initiation and promotion of cancer was further elucidated, the clinical aspects of the pineal gland was re-scrutinized. Reviews relating to each of these subjects, as well as many others, are contained in this proceedings book. This volume represents an up-to-date repository for the most recent information related to this rapidly advancing field.
Download or read book Melatonin and the Mammalian Pineal Gland written by Josephine Arendt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994-12-31 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the reader with an overview of an intriguing and interdisciplinary field of research. For the first time the mammalian pineal gland, its mode of action and its physiological effects are discussed in a comprehensive, single-authored work.
Download or read book The Pineal Gland and Melatonin written by Mehmet Turget and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Melatonin written by Hing-Sing Yu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-12-21 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melatonin: Biosynthesis, Physiological Effects, and Clinical Applications provides a thorough review of recent advances in major areas of melatonin research. The book is arranged in a logical sequence, beginning with the history of melatonin and then proceeding to cover its biochemistry and secretion, physiological effects, and clinical significance. New findings and current concepts are emphasized, and a significant amount of previously unpublished data are included. The book will be an important reference for neurobiologists, cell biologists, ophthalmologists, endocrinologists, neuroendocrinologists, reproductive biologists, psychiatrists, and other researchers and clinicians interested in melatonin.
Download or read book Melatonin written by Venkatramanujan Srinivasan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing interest in the field of melatonin research regarding its neurobiological mechanisms as well as its repercussions in clinical practice. Melatonin: Therapeutic Value and Neuroprotection explores melatonin’s neuroprotective effects and discusses the therapeutic potential of melatonin and melatonin agonists in treating neurodegenerative diseases and other ailments. Topics include: The basic aspects of melatonin’s physiology, including its production, bioavailability, and metabolism The functional importance of melatonin receptors and their role in mediating the therapeutic effectiveness of melatonin in cancer Melatonin’s effect on the regulation of blood pressure, sleep, and circadian rhythms The cardioprotective role of melatonin The neuroprotective role in glaucoma, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and neurodegenerative diseases Use as a therapeutic agent for treating epilepsy and degenerative discs Treatment for obesity, diabetes mellitus, and other metabolic disorders Protective role in peri-natal hypoxic-ischemia The contributors also examine the discovery of a number of melatonergic agonists, their potential role as antioxidants, and their therapeutic applications in treating glaucoma, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, primary insomnia, and psychiatric disorders. Opening new vistas in our understanding of etiology, pharmacotherapy, and treatment, the book is a significant milestone in our knowledge about advances in melatonin’s physiology and its therapeutic application in a number of disorders.
Download or read book Melatonin Biological Basis of its Function in Health and Disease written by S.R. Pandi-Perumal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the basic concepts of melatonin action at a cellular level to immediate applications in clinical medicine. It examines how the perception of melatonin's physiological role has developed in the last decades with a special focus on sleep and melatonin's effects.
Download or read book The Pineal Gland written by Richard Relkin and published by North-Holland. This book was released on 1983 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pineal Gland written by Angel Catalá and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of the research advances and clinical challenges of the pineal gland. The topics analysed cover a broad spectrum of functions played by the pineal gland and present new information in this area of research. These topics include: the physiology and pathology of skeletal and cardiac muscles; the beneficial actions of melatonin; n3 and n6 essential fatty acids, lipoxygenation and melatonin synthesis; the structure and functions of the fish pineal organ; therapeutical aspects of melatonin in bone marrow and thyroid-associated immune regulation; melatonin as a promising cytoprotective agent against ischemia-reperfusion injury in the liver; therapeutic approaches with melatonin; melatonin and neuroinflammation: encouraging findings vs. fundamental problems; melatonin and aging; pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation; pineal glial cysts: features and clinical significance; melatonin as a modulator of radiosensibility and chemosensibility in cancer, circadian rhythm and melatonin associated with cancer development and treatment.
Download or read book The Pineal Gland written by Gregory M. Brown and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1985 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback. This book contains a state-of-the-art view of the field of pineal research. It focuses on the pineal itself as well as on its relationship to endocrine function and psychiatric disorder. The following issues are covered by experts in the field: regulation of the pineal gland and in particular its relationship to circadian rhythms, the role of the pineal gland in seasonal and non-seasonal reproduction, the role of the pineal gland in humans and mammalian physiology, abnormalities of the pineal gland in depressive illness, and brain targets for pineal actions.
Download or read book Melatonin after Four Decades written by James Olcese and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the forty years since melatonin's isolation and characterization, a large and multifaceted database has accrued. This book documents the diverse research contributions of most of the major laboratories in the field of melatonin research, as presented in a special conference to mark the 40 year anniversary of the isolation and chemical identification of this hormone. In addition, many chapters by younger scientists provide an exciting glimpse of where melatonin research is heading in the future.
Download or read book DMT The Spirit Molecule written by Rick Strassman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. • A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research. • Provides a unique scientific explanation for the phenomenon of alien abduction experiences. From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted U.S. Government-approved and funded clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an extraordinarily riveting inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical found in the psychedelic Amazon brew, ayahuasca, is also manufactured by the human brain. In Strassman's volunteers, it consistently produced near-death and mystical experiences. Many reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences, aliens, angels, and spirits. Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives. Strassman's research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus to be the site of the seventh chakra and by Rene Descartes to be the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the bold case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states of meditation and even sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes that "alien abduction experiences" are brought on by accidental releases of DMT. If used wisely, DMT could trigger a period of remarkable progress in the scientific exploration of the most mystical regions of the human mind and soul.
Download or read book Melatonin Neuroprotective Agents and Antidepressant Therapy written by Francisco López-Muñoz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a guidebook for clinicians who are involved in treating depressive patients and also serves the research scientists who are working on the psychopharmacological mechanisms of antidepressant actions and psychopathological mechanisms underlying mood disorders. Mood disorders such as major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BPD) and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) are the most disabling disorders that are among the most expensive of all medical illnesses. The pathophysiology of mood disorders is very complex and involves many mechanisms like circadian rhythm disruption, sleep abnormalities, melatonin rhythm abnormalities and alterations in melatonin receptor mechanisms, abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmitter mechanisms, glutamatergic release mechanisms, hippocampal neurogenesis, and abnormal immune and cytokine release mechanisms. Many antidepressants that are in clinical use today including the recently introduced novel agents like agomelatine or other antidepressants cause clinical remission by resynchronizing disrupted circadian rhythms and melatonin receptor functions, enhancing monoaminergic neurotransmission, promoting hippocampal neurogenesis, and regulating immune mechanisms. This book explains various etiological factors that are involved in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and the mechanisms of therapeutic actions of antidepressants including the recently introduced agomelatine and other antidepressants that exhibit rapid onset of action with greater efficacy and fewer side effects. .
Download or read book Treatise on Wisdom 4 written by Tomás Morales y Durán and published by Libros de Verdad. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering is similar to a terrible toothache. While it's present and intense, it becomes an obvious priority: nothing is more important, nothing is more urgent. However, once it is overcome and the period of relief having passed, the suffering ends up being forgotten and with that forgetting, it ceases to matter. The next goal, eradicating Ignorance now appears as a desirable goal, because there is no better motivation than the desire to learn. Learning to know, The Noble Eightfold Path, stops making sense. He is the boat that has taken us to the other shore and is no longer useful. Now is the time to see things as they really are and that is achieved by exploring the new lands. This is the time to take on challenges.
