Summary
This paper discusses the role of melatonin as a universal time messenger in the body, contributing to the regulation of circadian rhythms and potentially acting as a key candidate for transmitting internal time information throughout the body.
Categories
Cognitive function and memory: The paper discusses the role of melatonin in regulating circadian rhythms, which are crucial for cognitive function and memory.
Hormone regulation: The paper extensively discusses the role of melatonin, a hormone, in regulating internal time information in the body.
Phototherapy: The paper discusses the role of light in stimulating the production of melatonin, a process that is often targeted in phototherapy.
Sleep and insomnia: The paper discusses the role of melatonin in regulating sleep-wake cycles, which is relevant to sleep disorders such as insomnia.
Author(s)
TC Erren, RJ Reiter
Publication Year
2015
Number of Citations
61
Related Publications
Cognitive function and memory
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- The twoāprocess model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors
- Information processing in the primate retina: circuitry and coding
- Melanopsin-positive intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells: from form to function
Hormone regulation
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- The impact of light from computer monitors on melatonin levels in college students
- Circadian rhythmsāfrom genes to physiology and disease
- Effects of artificial dawn and morning blue light on daytime cognitive performance, well-being, cortisol and melatonin levels
- Light pollution, circadian photoreception, and melatonin in vertebrates
Phototherapy
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors
- Function of human pluripotent stem cell-derived photoreceptor progenitors in blind mice
- Lux vs. wavelength in light treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Shortāwavelength enrichment of polychromatic light enhances human melatonin suppression potency
Sleep and insomnia
- The twoāprocess model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors
- Melanopsin-positive intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells: from form to function
- Functional and morphological differences among intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
- The impact of light from computer monitors on melatonin levels in college students