Melatonin: Therapeutic Value and Neuroprotection by Venkatramanujan Srinivasan,Gabriella Gobbi,Samuel D.

By Venkatramanujan Srinivasan,Gabriella Gobbi,Samuel D. Shillcutt,Sibel Suzen

There is turning out to be curiosity within the box of melatonin study relating to its neurobiological mechanisms in addition to its repercussions in medical perform. Melatonin: healing worth and Neuroprotection explores melatonin’s neuroprotective results and discusses the healing strength of melatonin and melatonin agonists in treating neurodegenerative illnesses and different diseases. issues include:




  • The uncomplicated facets of melatonin’s body structure, together with its construction, bioavailability, and metabolism



  • The useful significance of melatonin receptors and their position in mediating the healing effectiveness of melatonin in melanoma



  • Melatonin’s impact at the rules of blood strain, sleep, and circadian rhythms



  • The cardioprotective function of melatonin



  • The neuroprotective position in glaucoma, Alzheimer’s illness, Parkinson’s affliction, and neurodegenerative illnesses



  • Use as a healing agent for treating epilepsy and degenerative discs



  • Treatment for weight problems, diabetes mellitus, and different metabolic problems



  • Protective function in peri-natal hypoxic-ischemia


The participants additionally learn the invention of a few melatonergic agonists, their power function as antioxidants, and their healing purposes in treating glaucoma, Parkinson’s ailment, Alzheimer’s disorder, fundamental insomnia, and psychiatric issues. commencing new vistas in our figuring out of etiology, pharmacotherapy, and remedy, the ebook is an important milestone in our wisdom approximately advances in melatonin’s body structure and its healing program in a few disorders.

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