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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.

References

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

Types

Classes

see Enzyme inhibition

Adrenergic	Adrenergic receptor agonist (α β (1 2)) Adrenergic receptor antagonist (α (1 2) β) Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI)
Dopaminergic	Dopamine receptor agonist Dopamine receptor antagonist Dopamine reuptake inhibitor (DRI)
Histaminergic	Histamine receptor agonist Histamine receptor antagonist (H₁ H₂ H₃)
Serotonergic	Serotonin receptor agonist Serotonin receptor antagonist (5-HT₃) Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI)

GABAergic	GABA receptor agonist GABA receptor antagonist GABA reuptake inhibitor (GRI)
Glutamatergic	Glutamate receptor agonist (AMPA) Glutamate receptor antagonist (NMDA) Glutamate reuptake inhibitor

Other

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