title: [Melatonin as a universal stabilizing factor of mental activity].
abstract: Pineal hormone melatonin stabilizes mental activity of man and animals due to its somnogenic, anxiolytic, antidepressant and nootropic properties. Melatonin effects are based on the synchronization of biological rhythms via the influence on the cerebral structures which control biological rhythms and emotions and normalize endocrine and immune state.
authors.forename: Ē B
authors.initials: ĒB
authors.lastname: Arushanian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D008550:Melatonin / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000266:history / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D008550:Melatonin