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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Chronic Treatment with Melatonin Improves Hippocampal Neurogenesis in the Aged Brain and Under Neurodegeneration.

Cristina Cachán-Vega, Ignacio Vega-Naredo, Yaiza Potes, Juan Carlos Bermejo-Millo, Adrian Rubio-González, Claudia García-González, Eduardo Antuña, Manuel Bermúdez, José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, José Antonio Boga and 2 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Therapeutic modulation of neurogenesis to improve hippocampal plasticity and cognition in aging and Alzheimer's disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina Cachán-VegaDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Ignacio Vega-NaredoDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Yaiza PotesDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4687-6230
Juan Carlos Bermejo-MilloDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Adrian Rubio-GonzálezDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Claudia García-GonzálezDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8422-230X
Eduardo AntuñaDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1016-6306
Manuel BermúdezInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
José Gutiérrez-RodríguezInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9200-7677
José Antonio BogaInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Ana Coto-MontesDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6609-6258
Beatriz CaballeroDepartment of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Universidad de Oviedo · ESHospital Monte Naranco · ESInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias · ES

Funding

Foundation for the Promotion of Applied Scientific Research and Technology in Asturias IDI/2021/000033Instituto de Salud Carlos III FISS-18-PII17/02009Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI21/01596University of Oviedo PAPI-19-EMERG-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is altered during aging and under different neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Melatonin shows neurogenic and neuroprotective properties during aging and neuropathological conditions. In this study, we evaluated the effects of chronic treatment with melatonin on different markers of neurodegeneration and hippocampal neurogenesis using immunohistochemistry in the aged and neurodegenerative brains of SAMP8 mice, which is an animal model of accelerated senescence that mimics aging-related Alzheimer's pathology. Neurodegenerative processes observed in the brains of aged SAMP8 mice at 10 months of age include the presence of damaged neurons, disorganization in the layers of the brain cortex, alterations in neural processes and the length of neuronal prolongations and β-amyloid accumulation in the cortex and hippocampus. This neurodegeneration may be associated with neurogenic responses in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of these mice, since we observed a neurogenic niche of neural stem and progenitor/precursors cells in the hippocampus of SAMP8 mice. However, hippocampal neurogenesis seems to be compromised due to alterations in the cell survival, migration and/or neuronal maturation of neural precursor cells due to the neurodegeneration levels in these mice. Chronic treatment with melatonin for 9 months decreased these neurodegenerative processes and the neurodegeneration-induced neurogenic response. Noticeably, melatonin also induced recovery in the functionality of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in aged SAMP8 mice.

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MelatoninNeural Stem CellsAgingAnimalsHippocampusMiceNeurogenesisNeuronsMelatoninadult hippocampal neurogenesisagingmelatoninneurodegeneration

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PMID36080336
PMCPMC9457692
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