Sleep well. Untangling the role of melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptors in sleep

Melatonin promotes sleep in mice by inhibiting orexin neurons in the perifornical lateral hypothalamus

(2018) Rishi Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Drugs for Insomnia beyond Benzodiazepines: Pharmacology, Clinical Applications, and Discovery

(2018) Tobias Atkin et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Endogenous Melatonin is Not Obligatory for the Regulation of the Rat Sleep-Wake Cycle

(2017) Simon P. Fisher et al.   SLEEP

Update on melatonin receptors: IUPHAR Review 20

(2016) Ralf Jockers et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Anatomical and cellular localization of melatonin MT1and MT2receptors in the adult rat brain

(2015) Baptiste Lacoste et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Unveiling the role of melatonin MT2 receptors in sleep, anxiety and other neuropsychiatric diseases: a novel target in psychopharmacology

(2014) Stefano Comai et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE

Melatonin, selective and non-selective MT1/MT2 receptors agonists: Differential effects on the 24-h vigilance states

(2014) Rafael Ochoa-Sanchez et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Sleep–wake characterization of double MT1/MT2 receptor knockout mice and comparison with MT1 and MT2 receptor knockout mice

(2013) Stefano Comai et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Neuroprotective effect of melatonin against ischemia is partially mediated by alpha-7 nicotinic receptor modulation and HO-1 overexpression

(2013) Esther Parada et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin attenuated mediators of neuroinflammation and alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA expression in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated rat astrocytoma cells, C6

(2012) Rituraj Niranjan et al.   FREE RADICAL RESEARCH

Promotion of Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep and Activation of Reticular Thalamic Neurons by a Novel MT2 Melatonin Receptor Ligand

(2011) R. Ochoa-Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Characterization of the bout durations of sleep and wakefulness

(2010) Blakeley B. McShane et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Sleep-promoting action of IIK7, a selective MT2 melatonin receptor agonist in the rat

(2009) Simon P. Fisher et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS