Melatonin therapy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-277

  Cardinali, Daniel P ^a   Vigo, Daniel E ^a   Olivar, Natividad ^b   Vidal, María F ^b   Brusco, Luis I ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer s disease; Free radicals; Melatonin; Melatonin analogs; Mild cognitive impairment; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928888475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3020245     Document Type: Review

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