Coenzyme Q10 depletion in medical and neuropsychiatric disorders: Potential repercussions and therapeutic implications

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 883-903

  Morris, Gerwyn ^a   Anderson, George ^b   Berk, Michael ^c,d,e   Maes, Michael ^c,f  

^a Tir Na Nog   (United Kingdom)

^b CRC Clincial Research Centre/ Communications   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; Cytokines; Inflammation; Mitochondria; Oxidative and nitrosative stress

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMITRIPTYLINE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STAT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIDECARENONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; ZINC;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROTECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MITOPHAGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLEMENTATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NITROSATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 84888206003     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8477-8     Document Type: Review

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