Melatonin supplementation delays the decline of adult hippocampal neurogenesis during normal aging of mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Ramírez Rodríguez, Gerardo ^a   Vega Rivera, Nelly M ^a   Benítez King, Gloria ^a   Castro García, Mario ^a   Ortíz López, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; BrdU; Hippocampus; Melatonin; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 84868303871     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.09.045     Document Type: Article

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