Melatonin: An overlooked factor in schizophrenia and in the inhibition of anti-psychotic side effects

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Anderson, George ^a   Maes, Michael ^b  

^a CRC   (United Kingdom)

^b Piyavate Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anti psychotics; Inflammation; Melatonin; Metabolic; Schizophrenia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 18; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 2; SIRTUIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERTENSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP; VITAMIN D;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84863447564     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9307-9     Document Type: Review

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