Melatonin ameliorates dexamethasone-induced inhibitory effects on the proliferation of cultured progenitor cells obtained from adult rat hippocampus

• Main Authors: Ekthuwapranee,K., Sotthibundhu,A., Tocharus,C., Govitrapong,P.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Limited 2015
• Subjects: Cell Biology; Clinical Biochemistry; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Molecular Medicine; Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Endocrinology
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84908181395&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38325
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Glucocorticoids, hormones that are released in response to stress, induce neuronal cell damage. The hippocampus is a primary target of glucocorticoids in the brain, the effects of which include the suppression of cell proliferation and diminished neurogenesi...