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Title:

Prospective Study on Salivary Evening Melatonin and Sleep before and after Pinealectomy in Humans.

Document type:
Journal Article; 1
Author(s):
Slawik, Helen; Stoffel, Michael; Riedl, Lina; Veselý, Zdenko; Behr, Michael; Lehmberg, Jens; Pohl, Corina; Meyer, Bernhard; Wiegand, Michael; Krieg, Sandro M
Abstract:
Melatonin is secreted systemically from the pineal gland maximally at night but is also produced locally in many tissues. Its chronobiological function is mainly exerted by pineal melatonin. It is a feedback regulator of the main circadian pacemaker in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei and of many peripheral oscillators. Although exogenous melatonin is approved for circadian rhythm sleep disorders and old-age insomnia, research on endogenous melatonin in humans is hindered by the great int...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Biol Rhythms
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
31
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
82-93
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1177/0748730415616678
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26647380
Print-ISSN:
0748-7304
TUM Institution:
Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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