Melatonin: Nature's most versatile biological signal?

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Published in FEBS J on July 01, 2006

Authors

S R Pandi-Perumal1, V Srinivasan, G J M Maestroni, D P Cardinali, B Poeggeler, R Hardeland

Author Affiliations

1: Comprehensive Center for Sleep Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. pandiperumal@gmail.com

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