Melatonin in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 14575-14593

  Lin, Li ^a,b   Huang, Qiong Xia ^c   Yang, Shu Sheng ^b   Chu, Jiang ^a   Wang, Jian Zhi ^a   Tian, Qing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidation; Beta amyloid; Cholinergic; Melatonin; Neuroinflammation; Tau hyperphosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MELATONIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84880118137     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140714575     Document Type: Review

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