Melatonin enhances adult rat hippocampal progenitor cell proliferation via ERK signaling pathway through melatonin receptor

• Main Authors: C. Tocharus, Y. Puriboriboon, T. Junmanee, J. Tocharus, K. Ekthuwapranee, P. Govitrapong
• Other Authors: Chiang Mai University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Neuroscience
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34885
• Institution: Mahidol University

Melatonin, a neurohormone secreted mainly by the pineal gland, has a variety of physiological functions and neuroprotective effects. Previous studies have shown that melatonin could stimulate the proliferation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs). Recent studies reported that the activities of m...