Extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in acute and chronic excitotoxicity: implications for preventive treatments of ischemic stroke and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

SP Yu, MQ Jiang, SS Shim, S Pourkhodadad… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Stroke and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are risk factors for each other; the
comorbidity of these brain disorders in aging individuals represents a significant challenge …

Melatonin as an antioxidant: under promises but over delivers

RJ Reiter, JC Mayo, DX Tan, RM Sainz… - Journal of pineal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is uncommonly effective in reducing oxidative stress under a remarkably large
number of circumstances. It achieves this action via a variety of means: direct detoxification …

Melatonin and its metabolites vs oxidative stress: From individual actions to collective protection

A Galano, RJ Reiter - Journal of Pineal Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress (OS) represents a threat to the chemical integrity of biomolecules including
lipids, proteins, and DNA. The associated molecular damage frequently results in serious …

[HTML][HTML] Post-stroke cognitive impairment: epidemiology, mechanisms and management

JH Sun, L Tan, JT Yu - Annals of translational medicine, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Post-stroke cognitive impairment occurs frequently in the patients with stroke. The
prevalence of post-stroke cognitive impairment ranges from 20% to 80%, which varies for …

Protective role of melatonin in cardiac ischemia‐reperfusion injury: From pathogenesis to targeted therapy

H Zhou, Q Ma, P Zhu, J Ren, RJ Reiter… - Journal of pineal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of mortality and disability worldwide. In
patients with MI, the treatment option for reducing acute myocardial ischemic injury and …

Melatonin and the theories of aging: a critical appraisal of melatonin's role in antiaging mechanisms

R Hardeland - Journal of pineal research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The classic theories of aging such as the free radical theory, including its mitochondria‐
related versions, have largely focused on a few specific processes of senescence …

Melatonin prevents cell death and mitochondrial dysfunction via a SIRT 1‐dependent mechanism during ischemic‐stroke in mice

Y Yang, S Jiang, Y Dong, C Fan, L Zhao… - Journal of pineal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Silent information regulator 1 (SIRT 1), a type of histone deacetylase, is a highly
effective therapeutic target for protection against ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury (IRI) …

Interaction of melatonin and Bmal1 in the regulation of PI3K/AKT pathway components and cellular survival

MC Beker, B Caglayan, AB Caglayan, T Kelestemur… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The circadian rhythm is driven by a master clock within the suprachiasmatic nucleus which
regulates the rhythmic secretion of melatonin. Bmal1 coordinates the rhythmic expression of …

Delivery of pineal melatonin to the brain and SCN: role of canaliculi, cerebrospinal fluid, tanycytes and Virchow–Robin perivascular spaces

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, SJ Kim, MHC Cruz - Brain Structure and Function, 2014 - Springer
Historically, the direct release of pineal melatonin into the capillary bed within the gland has
been accepted as the primary route of secretion. Herein, we propose that the major route of …

[HTML][HTML] Particular phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt on Thr308 via PDK-1 and PTEN mediates melatonin's neuroprotective activity after focal cerebral ischemia in mice

U Kilic, AB Caglayan, MC Beker, MY Gunal… - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Apart from its potent antioxidant property, recent studies have revealed that melatonin
promotes PI3K/Akt phosphorylation following focal cerebral ischemia (FCI) in mice …