Oxidative stress and aging as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease: the role of the antioxidant melatonin

J Tchekalarova, R Tzoneva - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging and neurodegenerative diseases share common hallmarks, including mitochondrial
dysfunction and protein aggregation. Moreover, one of the major issues of the demographic …

[HTML][HTML] Is melatonin the cornucopia of the 21st century?

N Ferlazzo, G Andolina, A Cannata, MG Costanzo… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin, an indoleamine hormone produced and secreted at night by pinealocytes and
extra-pineal cells, plays an important role in timing circadian rhythms (24-h internal clock) …

Melatonin ameliorates cognitive deficits through improving mitophagy in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

C Chen, C Yang, J Wang, X Huang… - Journal of Pineal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While melatonin is known to have protective effects in mitochondria‐related diseases, aging,
and neurodegenerative disorders, there is poor understanding of the effects of melatonin …

Oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases

E Niedzielska, I Smaga, M Gawlik, A Moniczewski… - Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
The pathophysiologies of neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD), are far from being …

Melatonin: clinical perspectives in neurodegeneration

DP Cardinali - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Prevention of neurodegenerative diseases is presently a major goal for our Society and
melatonin, an unusual phylogenetically conserved molecule present in all aerobic …

The neuroprotective role of melatonin in neurological disorders

BS Alghamdi - Journal of neuroscience research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a neurohormone secreted from the pineal gland and has a wide‐ranging
regulatory and neuroprotective role. It has been reported that melatonin level is disturbed in …

Arabidopsis transcriptome analysis reveals key roles of melatonin in plant defense systems

S Weeda, N Zhang, X Zhao, G Ndip, Y Guo, GA Buck… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Melatonin is a ubiquitous molecule and exists across kingdoms including plant species.
Studies on melatonin in plants have mainly focused on its physiological influence on growth …

The circadian clock and pathology of the ageing brain

AA Kondratova, RV Kondratov - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Ageing leads to a functional deterioration of many brain systems, including the circadian
clock—an internal time-keeping system that generates∼ 24-hour rhythms in physiology and …

Associations between melatonin, neuroinflammation, and brain alterations in depression

E Won, KS Na, YK Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pro-inflammatory systemic conditions that can cause neuroinflammation and subsequent
alterations in brain regions involved in emotional regulation have been suggested as an …

Cellular mechanisms of melatonin: insight from neurodegenerative diseases

D Chen, T Zhang, TH Lee - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are the second most common cause of death and
characterized by progressive impairments in movement or mental functioning in the central …