pineal research | 2008(09) articles

• Cytoprotective effects of melatonin on C6 astroglial cells exposed to glutamate excitotoxicity and oxidative stress
• Acute sleep-promoting action of the melatonin agonist, ramelteon, in the rat
• Moonlight affects nocturnal Period2 transcript levels in the pineal gland of the reef fish Siganus guttatus
• Delayed melatonin administration promotes neuronal survival, neurogenesis and motor recovery, and attenuates hyperactivity and anxiety after mild focal cerebral ischemia in mice
• Melatonin regulates matrix metalloproteinases after traumatic experimental spinal cord injury
• Melatonin impairs NADPH oxidase assembly and decreases superoxide anion production in microglia exposed to amyloid-β1–42
• Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and metalloproteinase-2 activity and expression is reduced by melatonin during experimental colitis
• Melatonin stimulates osteointegration of dental implants
• Dynamic physiological and molecular changes in gastric ulcer healing achieved by melatonin and its precursor L-tryptophan in rats
• Age-related alterations in Ca2+ signals and mitochondrial membrane potential in exocrine cells are prevented by melatonin
• Melatonin prevents the injury-induced decline of Akt/forkhead transcription factors phosphorylation
• Treatment with testosterone or estradiol in melatonin treated females and males MRL/MpJ-Faslpr mice induces negative effects in developing systemic lupus erythematosus
• C-terminal domains within human MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptors are involved in internalization processes
• Protective effects of melatonin against caustic esophageal burn injury in rats
• Melatonin as an adjuvant to therapeutic prostate cancer vaccines
• Wake and sleep hypothalamic regulation in diurnal and nocturnal chronotypes
• Chronotherapy beyond blood pressure reduction?