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Ma Vie en Noir Fifty Years with Melatonin and the Stone of Madness /

I wrote this book urged by the overwhelming desire that arises towards the end of life to recapitulate the past. My goal was to summarize my experience of practicing science at the end of the 20th and early 21st centuries in Argentina, a country located far away from the world's leading scienti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cardinali, Daniel Pedro (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Springer Biographies,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Preface - A Contagious Stone? -- Chapter 1 - Brief History of the Stone of Madness -- Chapter 2 - The Pre-Scientific Stage of the Pineal Gland -- Chapter 3 - The Beginnings of the Pineal Scientific Era: Since the Late Nineteenth Century to Melatonin´s Discovery -- Chapter 4 - Sleep / Wake Cycle. History and Facts -- Chapter 5 -When this Chronicler Enters this Story: the '60 -- Chapter 6 - The Stone of Madness as a Neuroendocrine Organ and Model: '70 -- Chapter 7 - Peripheral Innervation of the Neuroendocrine-immune System: The Challenges to Change a Physiological Paradigm -- Chapter 8 - Melatonin as a Potential Therapeutic Agent: the 80's -- Chapter 9 - Melatonin as a chronobiotic that opens "the Gates of Sleep": '90 -- Chapter 10 - elatonin and "Diseases of the Soul": The Stone of Madness Comes Back -- Chapter 11 - XXI Century: The 24/7 Society as an Environmental Mutation -- Chapter 12 - Melatonin as a Medicament for the 24/7 Society. Metabolic Syndrome -- Chapter 13 - Melatonin as a Medicament for the 24/7 Society. Normal and Pathological Aging -- Chapter 15 - Melatonin as a Nutraceutical -- Epilogue. 
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