Melatonin in Psychiatric Disorders – Subtyping Affective Disorder

NeuroSignals

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 120-125

  Wahlund, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Multivariate; Psychiatric disorders; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOOD DISORDERS; SEASONS;

EID: 0033002222     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014579     Document Type: Article

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