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    The Cutaneous Serotoninergic/Melatoninergic System: Securing a Place Under the Sun

    January 2005 in “ ˜The œFASEB journal ”
    Andrƶej Slominski, Jacobo Wortsman, Desmond J. Tobin
    Studysummary This review discusses the cutaneous serotoninergic/melatoninergic system's potential role in skin function and resilience against environmental and internal stresses, but does not report new experimental findings.
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