Journal article
Melatonin and brain inflammaging
Abstract
Melatonin is known to possess several properties of value for healthy aging, as a direct and indirect antioxidant, protectant and modulator of mitochondrial function, antiexcitotoxic agent, enhancer of circadian amplitudes, immune modulator and neuroprotectant. It is levels tend to decrease in the course of senescence and are more strongly reduced in several neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease, and in diseases related to …
Authors
Hardeland R; Cardinali DP; Brown GM; Pandi-Perumal SR
Journal
Progress in Neurobiology, Vol. 127, , pp. 46–63
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
4 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.02.001
ISSN
0301-0082