Melatonin: Clinical Perspectives

by Andrew Miles

This volume brings together reviews of the areas of clinical medicine where the pineal gland hormone melatonin is thought to play an important role. The contributors discuss the possible role of melatonin in the occurrence of schizophrenia, its effects on human reproductive function, the circadian system, thyroid function, and sleep, and the pharmacology of melatonin and antidepressant drugs. This timely work provides the first synthesis of basic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192616528
• ISBN13: 9780192616524
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"