Melatonin in psychiatric disorders: A review on the melatonin involvement in psychiatry

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-32

  Pacchierotti, Claudia ^a   Iapichino, Sonia ^a   Bossini, Letizia ^a   Pieraccini, Fulvio ^a   Castrogiovanni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Light; Melatonin; Pineal; Psychiatry; Season

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0035132651     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.2000.0202     Document Type: Article

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