Is melatonin ready to be used in preterm infants as a neuroprotectant?

Age-related differences in the response of the brain to dietary melatonin

(2013) Arezoo Campbell et al.   AGE

Brain Injury in Very Preterm Children and Neurosensory and Cognitive Disabilities during Childhood: The EPIPAGE Cohort Study

(2013) Stéphane Marret et al.   PLoS One

Melatonin augments hypothermic neuroprotection in a perinatal asphyxia model

(2012) N. J. Robertson et al.   BRAIN

Prophylactic administration of melatonin to the mother throughout pregnancy can protect against oxidative cerebral damage in neonatal rats

(2012) Kazushi Watanabe et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

The use of melatonin in hypoxic-ischemic brain damage: an experimental study

(2012) W. Balduini et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Melatonin concentration in umbilical cord blood depends on mode of delivery

(2011) Soyhan Bagci et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The biological basis of injury and neuroprotection in the fetal and neonatal brain

(2011) Sandra Rees et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Potential utility of melatonin as an antioxidant during pregnancy and in the perinatal period

(2011) Salvatore Aversa et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Pain in neonatal intensive care: role of melatonin as an analgesic antioxidant

(2011) Eloisa Gitto et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin: A pleiotropic molecule regulating inflammation

(2010) Flavia Radogna et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Visual Function in the Preterm and Fullterm Newborn Infant

(2010) Lilly M. S. Dubowitz et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Long-term melatonin treatment in blind children and young adults with circadian sleep-wake disturbances

(2010) Lars Palm et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Melatonin signaling and cell protection function

(2010) Francesca Luchetti et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Melatonin protects periventricular white matter from damage due to hypoxia

(2010) C. Kaur et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin and vitamin C increase umbilical blood flow via nitric oxide-dependent mechanisms

(2010) Avnesh S. Thakor et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin Promotes Myelination by Decreasing White Matter Inflammation After Neonatal Stroke

(2010) Sonia Villapol et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Melatonin Promotes Oligodendroglial Maturation of Injured White Matter in Neonatal Rats

(2009) Paul Olivier et al.   PLoS One

Neuroprotective Strategies for the Neonatal Brain

(2008) Vincent Degos et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Agomelatine, a melatonin receptor agonist with 5-HT2C receptor antagonist properties, protects the developing murine white matter against excitotoxicity

(2008) Pierre Gressens et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Evidence of a role for melatonin in fetal sheep physiology: direct actions of melatonin on fetal cerebral artery, brown adipose tissue and adrenal gland

(2008) Claudia Torres-Farfan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Human placental trophoblasts synthesize melatonin and express its receptors

(2008) Dave Lanoix et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Oxidative stress of the newborn in the pre- and postnatal period and the clinical utility of melatonin

(2008) Eloisa Gitto et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin and pregnancy in the human

(2008) H TAMURA et al.   REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY

Melatonin protects from the long-term consequences of a neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in rats

(2007) Silvia Carloni et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH