The gland translates nerve signals from the sympathetic nervous system into hormone signals. The pineal gland was once considered mysterious. Because the pineal gland was the last of the body’s ...

The function of this small organ near the center of the mammalian brain has long been a mystery. Recent studies indicate that it is a "biological clock" that regulates the activity of the sex glands ...

Many non-mammalian vertebrates like fish, however, are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. An Osaka Metropolitan University research group has ...

No, taking melatonin before bed will not affect the pineal gland’s natural secretion of ... Because melatonin is a hormone, we don’t know the effects it can have on development.

Zebrafish are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. How they do so is now being elucidated. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes ...

Melatonin is the sleep hormone per se. In addition to regulating ... have found sources of melatonin production outside the pineal gland—such as the microbiota—with completely new aspects ...

Researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects color. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red ...