Art (California) on 10/23/2023

To add further corroboration to the idea that melatonin helps to promote healing of spinal cord injury, this new study (10/23/23) shows various methods that melatonin utilizes to do this :

https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(23)00460-8/fulltext

Here is a relevant quote from the study :

' SCIs were simulated in mice by inducing cord contusion at the T9-T10 vertebrae and causing inflammation in primary spinal neurons using lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The findings of our study demonstrated that Mel treatment effectively promoted neuromotor recovery through multiple mechanisms, including the reduction of neuronal death, suppression of astrocyte and microglia activation, and attenuation of neuroinflammation. Moreover, Mel therapy significantly upregulated the expression of SIRT1 in both spinal cord tissues and spinal neurons of mice. Additionally, Mel exhibited the potential to mitigate neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction by modulating the levels of Drp1 and TOMM20, thereby addressing the underlying factors contributing to this dysfunction. Furthermore, when SIRT1 was downregulated, it reversed the positive effects of Mel. Overall, our present study suggests that Mel has the capacity to modulate the SIRT1/Drp1 pathway, thereby ameliorating mitochondrial dysfunction, attenuating inflammation and apoptosis, and enhancing neural function subsequent to SCIs. '

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