Measurement of serum melatonin in intensive care unit patients: changes in traumatic brain injury, trauma and medical conditions

Measurement of serum melatonin in intensive care unit patients: changes in traumatic brain injury, trauma and medical conditions

Melatonin is an endogenous hormone mainly produced by the pineal gland whose dysfunction leads to abnormal sleeping patterns. Changes in melatonin have been reported in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), however the impact of environmental conditions typical of the intensive care unit (ICU) has not...

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Main Authors: Marc A Seifman, Keith eGomes, Phuong eNguyen, Michael eBailey, Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, David J Cooper, Maria Cristina Morganti-Kossmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Melatonin
circadian
TBI
Trauma
Intensive Care Unit
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00237/full

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