"Receptors, Melatonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of G-protein-coupled receptors that are specific for and mediate the effects of MELATONIN. Activation of melatonin receptors has been associated with decreased intracellular CYCLIC AMP and increased hydrolysis of PHOSPHOINOSITIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D044094
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.440 D12.776.826.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Melatonin, MT3- Receptor, Melatonin, MT3
- Melatonin MT3 Receptor
- MT3 Receptor, Melatonin
- Receptor, Melatonin MT3
- MT3 Receptor
- Receptor, MT3
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptors, Melatonin" by people in Profiles.
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Drugs Used in Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disturbances. Sleep Med Clin. 2018 Jun; 13(2):231-241.
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Entraining the free-running circadian clocks of blind people. Lancet. 2015 Oct 31; 386(10005):1713.
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Effect of Light and Melatonin and Other Melatonin Receptor Agonists on Human Circadian Physiology. Sleep Med Clin. 2015 Dec; 10(4):435-53.