{"id":3566,"date":"2019-04-24T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/a-good-nights-sleep-may-be-in-sight\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T00:31:49","slug":"researchers-to-develop-new-sleep-disorder-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/researchers-to-develop-new-sleep-disorder-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"A good night\u2019s sleep may be in sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n The sleep-promoting hormone melatonin (shown as a constellation in the night sky) is synthesized at night from serotonin (shown as a kite). High melatonin levels at night permit the molecule to establish its sleep-promoting properties by acting through high-affinity receptors, depicted at right. (Illustration: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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