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- Editors:
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Franco Fraschini
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University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Russel J. Reiter
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University of Texas, San Antonio, USA
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Bojidar Stankov
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University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Pineal Gland Regulation
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- M. Møller, P. Phansuwan-Pujito, G. Mick
Pages 1-11
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- Jörg H. Stehle, Nicholas S. Foulkes, Marjan Rikkers, Paul Pevet, Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Pages 13-20
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- Paul Pévet, Bruno Pitrosky, Mireille Masson-Pévet, Raymond Kirsch, Bernard Canguilhem, Berthe Vivien-Roels
Pages 33-47
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Melatonin Receptors
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- Bojidar Stankov, Franco Fraschini
Pages 49-59
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- Margarita L. Dubocovich, Diana N. Krause, Stanca Iacob, Susan Benloucif, Monica I. Masana
Pages 61-74
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- Mohan Viswanathan, Simona Capsoni, Juan M. Saavedra
Pages 75-81
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- Peter J. Morgan, Perry Barrett
Pages 83-94
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Melatonin in the Circadian System
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- Michael H. Hastings, Elizabeth S. Maywood, Francis J. P. Ebling
Pages 95-105
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- D. P. Cardinali, D. A. Golombek, R. E. Rosenstein, B. A. Kanterewicz, M. Fiszman
Pages 119-130
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Melatonin Analogs
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- Franco Fraschini, Bojidar Stankov
Pages 131-138
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- Philippe Delagrange, Pierre Renard, Daniel Henri Caignard, Béatrice Guardiola-Lemaître
Pages 139-153
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- Francesco Scaglione, Daniele Esposti, Marco Mariani, Germana Demartini, Valeria Lucini, Franco Fraschini
Pages 155-164
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Melatonin in Humans
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- Alfred J. Lewy, Robert L. Sack, Saeeduddin Ahmed, Vance K. Bauer, Mary L. Blood
Pages 173-182
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- David E. Blask, Sean T. Wilson
Pages 209-217
About this book
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.