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  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Daniel P. Cardinali is affiliated with the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with notable contributions in the fields of endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, and physiology.

Their work covers several subfields including cognitive neuroscience and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. A significant part of their research examines circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and related disorders, as well as sleep and wakefulness research. Additional interests include the effects of spaceflight on biology, dietary effects on health, climate change and health impacts, and stress responses involving cortisol.

Recent publications by Daniel P. Cardinali include:

  • Elderly as a High-risk Group during COVID-19 Pandemic: Effect of Circadian Misalignment, Sleep Dysregulation and Melatonin Administration, 2020, Sleep and Vigilance
  • Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Melatonin as an Add-On Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: Current Status, 2021, Diseases
  • Melatonin as a chronobiotic/cytoprotective agent in bone. Doses involved, 2023, Journal of Pineal Research
  • Melatonin's Benefits and Risks as a Therapy for Sleep Disturbances in the Elderly: Current Insights, 2022, Nature and Science of Sleep

Frequently publishing in venues such as Sleep and Vigilance, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Diseases, Journal of Pineal Research, and Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, Daniel P. Cardinali has contributed multiple works to these journals during their career.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Gregory M. Brown, Russel J. Reíter, D. Warren Spence, and Diego A. Golombék.

Daniel P. Cardinali was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1978.

Best Publications

  • Melatonin: Nature's most versatile biological signal?

    S R Pandi-Perumal;V Srinivasan;G J M Maestroni;D P Cardinali

  • Melatonin—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule

    Rüdiger Hardeland;Daniel P. Cardinali;Venkatramanujam Srinivasan;D. Warren Spence

  • Physiological effects of melatonin: role of melatonin receptors and signal transduction pathways.

    Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal;Ilya Trakht;Venkataramanujan Srinivasan;D Warren Spence

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXV. Nomenclature, Classification, and Pharmacology of G Protein-Coupled Melatonin Receptors

    Margarita L. Dubocovich;Philippe Delagrange;Diana N. Krause;David Sugden

  • Dim light melatonin onset (DLMO): A tool for the analysis of circadian phase in human sleep and chronobiological disorders

    Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Marcel Smits;Warren Spence;Warren Spence;Venkataramanujan Srinivasan

  • Melatonin. A Mammalian Pineal Hormone

    Daniel P. Cardinali

  • Melatonin antioxidative defense: therapeutical implications for aging and neurodegenerative processes.

    Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Ahmed S. BaHammam;Gregory M. Brown;Gregory M. Brown;D. Warren Spence

  • Melatonin in mood disorders

    Venkataramanujan Srinivasan;Marcel Smits;Warren Spence;Alan D. Lowe

  • Melatonin and its analogs in insomnia and depression.

    Daniel Pedro Cardinali;Venkataramanujan Srinivasan;Amnon Brzezinski;Gregory M. Brown;Gregory M. Brown

  • Melatonin, immune function and aging

    V Srinivasan;G J M Maestroni;D P Cardinali;A I Esquifino

  • Melatonin effects on bone: experimental facts and clinical perspectives

    Daniel P Cardinali;Marta G Ladizesky;Verónica Boggio;Rodolfo A Cutrera

  • Role of melatonin in neurodegenerative diseases.

    V. Srinivasan;S. R. Pandi-Perumal;G. J. M. Maestroni;A. I. Esquifino

  • Basic aspects of melatonin action.

    Daniel P. Cardinali;Paul Pévet

  • Melatonin in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

    V Srinivasan;SR Pandi-Perumal;DP Cardinali;B Poeggeler

  • Specific binding of melatonin in bovine brain.

    Daniel P. Cardinali;María I. Vacas;Eduardo ESTÉiVEZ Boyer

  • The role of melatonin in immuno-enhancement: potential application in cancer.

    Sandra C. Miller;Perumal S. R. Pandi;Ana I. Esquifino;Daniel P. Cardinali

  • Melatonin effects on behavior: possible mediation by the central GABAergic system.

    Diego A Golombek;Paul Pévet;Daniel P Cardinali

  • Therapeutic actions of melatonin in cancer: possible mechanisms.

    Venkataramanujan Srinivasan;D Warren Spence;Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Ilya Trakht

  • Sleep Disordered Breathing And Daytime Sleepiness Are Associated With Poor Academic Performance In Teenagers. A Study Using The Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS)

    Daniel Perez-Chada;Santiago Perez-Lloret;Alejandro J. Videla;Daniel Cardinali

  • Clinical Aspects of Melatonin Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

    Daniel Pedro Cardinali;Analía M. Furio;Luis I. Brusco

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory M. Brown
Gregory M. Brown University of Toronto
Diego A. Golombek
Diego A. Golombek National University of Quilmes
Ruth E. Rosenstein
Ruth E. Rosenstein University of Buenos Aires
Rüdiger Hardeland
Rüdiger Hardeland University of Göttingen
Pedro R. Lowenstein
Pedro R. Lowenstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Russel J. Reiter
Russel J. Reiter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pablo V. Gejman
Pablo V. Gejman NorthShore University HealthSystem
Darío Acuña-Castroviejo
Darío Acuña-Castroviejo University of Granada
Paul Pévet
Paul Pévet University of Strasbourg

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