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The mystery of Alzheimer's disease and its prevention by melatonin
1Department of Pathology, Houston Medical Center, Warner Robins, Georgia 31093, USA.
Medical Hypotheses
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Preliminary observation suggested that a melatonin deficiency could cause Alzheimer's disease. New evidence reveals that: 1) a significant melatonin deficiency is common in the disease, 2) melatonin acts as a hydroxyl radical scavenger and 3) brain tissue mitochondria from Alzheimer's patients have damage consistent with hydroxyl radical injury.