"Melatonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A biogenic amine that is found in animals and plants. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the PINEAL GLAND. Its secretion increases in darkness and decreases during exposure to light. Melatonin is implicated in the regulation of SLEEP, mood, and REPRODUCTION. Melatonin is also an effective antioxidant.
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D008550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.473.914.481 D06.472.506
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melatonin" by people in Profiles.
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Estimating circadian phase in elementary school children: leveraging advances in physiologically informed models of circadian entrainment and wearable devices. Sleep. 2022 06 13; 45(6).
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Melatonin delays leaf senescence of postharvest Chinese flowering cabbage through ROS homeostasis. Food Res Int. 2020 12; 138(Pt B):109790.
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Management of Sleep Disturbances Associated with Smith-Magenis Syndrome. CNS Drugs. 2020 07; 34(7):723-730.
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Sleep disturbance in patients with cancer: a feasibility study of multimodal therapy. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 11(2):170-179.
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Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 08 15; 200(4):P7-P8.
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Melatonin enhances sorafenib-induced cytotoxicity in FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia cells by redox modification. Theranostics. 2019; 9(13):3768-3779.
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Melatonin delays leaf senescence of Chinese flowering cabbage by suppressing ABFs-mediated abscisic acid biosynthesis and chlorophyll degradation. J Pineal Res. 2019 Aug; 67(1):e12570.
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Type 2 diabetes-associated variants of the MT2 melatonin receptor affect distinct modes of signaling. Sci Signal. 2018 08 28; 11(545).
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Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Circadian Rhythm Disorder in a Sighted Male With Normal Functioning. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 03 15; 14(3):483-484.
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Melatonin inhibits hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone release and reduces biliary hyperplasia and fibrosis in cholestatic rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2017 Nov 01; 313(5):G410-G418.