Ma Vie en Noir

1. Brief History of the Stone of Madness
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

2. The Prescientific Stage of the Pineal Gland
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

3. The Beginnings of the Pineal Scientific Era: From the Late Nineteenth Century to Melatonin’s Discovery
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

4. Sleep/Wake Cycle: History and Facts
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

5. When This Chronicler Enters the Story: The 1960s
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

6. The Stone of Madness as a Neuroendocrine Organ and Model: The 1970s
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

7. Peripheral Innervation of Neuroendocrine-Immune System: The Challenges to Change a Physiological Paradigm
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

8. Melatonin as a Potential Therapeutic Agent: The 1980s
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

9. Melatonin as a Chronobiotic That Opens the “Gates of Sleep”: The 1990s
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

10. Melatonin and the “Diseases of the Soul”: The Stone of Madness Returns
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

11. Twenty-First Century: The 24/7 Society as an Environmental Mutation
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

12. Melatonin as a Medicament for the 24/7 Society: Metabolic Syndrome
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

13. Melatonin as a Medicament for the 24/7 Society: Normal and Pathological Aging
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

14. Melatonin as a Medicament for the 24/7 Society: Cancer
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

15. Melatonin as a Nutraceutical
Daniel Pedro Cardinali

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Internal Medicine, Human Physiology, Popular Science in Medicine and Health