2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.08.034
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Plasma melatonin concentrations in hypertensive patients with the dipping and non-dipping blood pressure profile

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“…38 The physiological nocturnal fall in BP is probably associated with the nocturnal decrease in adrenergic activity and the increase in parasympathetic activity. 39 In addition, several investigators have shown that nocturnal surge of endogenous melatonin may contribute directly to arterial vasodilatation that leads in turn to nocturnal BP fall in normotensives and dippers with essential hypertension.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…38 The physiological nocturnal fall in BP is probably associated with the nocturnal decrease in adrenergic activity and the increase in parasympathetic activity. 39 In addition, several investigators have shown that nocturnal surge of endogenous melatonin may contribute directly to arterial vasodilatation that leads in turn to nocturnal BP fall in normotensives and dippers with essential hypertension.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diminished melatonin production at night has consistently been reported in severely hypertensive patients and non‐dippers (Jonas et al, 2003; Zeman et al, 2005) and in the elderly and in patients with coronary diseases (Brugger et al, 1995). Thus, a melatonin deficiency alone or associated poor sleep quality may be causally related to an impaired nocturnal BP fall.…”
Section: Melatonin In the Treatment Of Circadian Rhythm And Sleep Dismentioning
confidence: 94%
“…[2][3][4] In the observation of patients with arterial hypertension, it was shown that the group with impaired circadian rhythms of arterial blood pressure (BP), nondippers, had reduced melatonin synthesis. 5,6 A proper circadian BP rhythm is connected with a lower risk of left ventricular hypertrophy or of episodes of myocardial ischemia, both silent and symptomatic, in comparison with nondippers. 7 Therefore, a pharmacological intervention aimed at normalizing the circadian rhythm could theoretically help in reducing the risk of the above-mentioned complications.…”
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confidence: 99%