Molecular Regulation of the Melatonin Biosynthesis Pathway in Unipolar and Bipolar Depression

• Main Authors: Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz (Author), Ewa Banach (Author), Karolina Bilska (Author), Beata Narozna (Author), Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz (Author), Edyta Reszka (Author), Ewa Jablonska (Author), Paweł Kapelski (Author), Maria Skibinska (Author), Joanna Pawlak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melatonin is a neurohormone that maintains the circadian rhythms of the body. By regulating the secretion of other hormones and neurotransmitters, it acts as a pleiotropic modulator that affects, for example, reproductive, immune, cardiovascular, sleep, and wake systems and mood. Thus, synthetic mel...