Background: Damage of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) results in similar characteristics to the cognitive deficiency seen with the progress of Parkinson's disease (PD). Since the course of mPFC damage is sti...
Background: Olfactory disorder is an early manifestation of Parkinson's disease (PD), likely to be associated with abnormalities of the dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb (OB); however, the causes of...
The main objective of this work was to 1) study the influence of endogenous melatonin (Mel) abolishment via pinealectomy and 2) explore exogenous Mel effect on anxiety-like and depressive-like behavior in male and fem...
BACKGROUND:Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytripta-mine) is a free radical scavenger and a strong antioxidant,secreted by the pineal gland.In this study,we evaluated the effects of decreasing and increasing serum melatoni...
The diurnal variations of 2-[125I]iodomelatonin binding densities and affinities in the bursa of pinealectomized and shamoperated chickens were studied.The pineals of 2-day-old chickens were removed,and 7 chickens fro...