Melatonergic

A melatonergic agent (or drug) is a chemical which functions to directly modulate the melatonin system in the body or brain. Examples include melatonin receptor agonists and melatonin receptor antagonists.

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v t e Melatonin receptor modulators
MT₁Tooltip Melatonin receptor 1	Agonists: 2-Iodomelatonin 6-Hydroxymelatonin Agomelatine Fabomotizole (afobazole) GR-196,429 Melatonin N-Acetylserotonin (normelatonin) Piromelatine Ramelteon Tasimelteon TIK-301 (LY-156,735) Antagonists: Luzindole
MT₂Tooltip Melatonin receptor 2	Agonists: 2-Iodomelatonin 6-Hydroxymelatonin Agomelatine GR-196,429 Melatonin N-Acetylserotonin (normelatonin) Piromelatine Ramelteon Tasimelteon TIK-301 (LY-156,735) Antagonists: Luzindole
Unsorted	Agonists: 2-Phenylmelatonin 5-Methoxyluzindole 6-Chloromelatonin 6-Fluoromelatonin 6-Methoxymelatonin 6,7-Dichloro-2-methylmelatonin 8-M-PDOT AMMTC GR-135,531 (of MT₃Tooltip melatonin receptor 1C) N-Acetyltryptamine N-Butanoylmelatonin N-Propionylmelatonin S-24268 S-25150 Antagonists: 4-P-ADOT 4-P-PDOT DH-97 N-Acetyltryptamine (of MT₃) Prazosin (of MT₃) S-20928 S-22153 S-24601 S-25567 S-26131
See also: Receptor/signaling modulators Adrenergics Dopaminergics Serotonergics Monoamine metabolism modulators