Melatonin’s actions are not limited to sleep

作     者：Evangelia Venaki Eftychia Koukkou Ioannis Ilias 

作者机构：Department of EndocrinologyDiabetes and MetabolismElena Venizelou HospitalAthens GR-11521Greece 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Experimental Medicine》 (世界实验医学杂志)

年 卷 期：2023年第13卷第2期

页      面：4-6页

学科分类：1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 100706[医学-药理学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Melatonin Sleep Prolactin Human Dopamine Side-effects©The Author(s)2023.Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.All rights reserved. 

摘      要：Melatonin is widely available as a supplement,usually for sleep *** consumption of melatonin supplements has increased considerably in recent *** overlooked aspect of melatonin’s administration is the resulting increase in prolactin secretion,via its action on hypothalamic dopaminergic *** believe that since the effect of melatonin on prolactin is tangible,the laboratory finding of hyperprolactinemia could be encountered more often,given the increase in melatonin’s *** is an issue that merits further study.