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melatonin
A hormone that helps the body tune in to sleep.
Hormones, Metabolism and the Benefits of Exercise, Bruce Spiegelman (ed.)
Explained in
- Hormones, Metabolism and the Benefits of Exercise, Bruce Spiegelman (ed.)
- The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time, Alex Korb
A hormone that helps the body fall asleep and keep a daily rhythm. Its production depends on light and darkness.
- Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon, Joe Dispenza
A hormone made in the dark that helps the body get ready for sleep.
- Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker
a hormone that tells the body in the evening that night has arrived, but doesn’t switch on sleep itself