NOUN
- a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
How To Use pineal gland In A Sentence
- Melatonin is a hormone secreted at night by the pineal gland of the brain.
- Some say that it has two souls, because it is furnished with two pineal glands, with two callous substances, with two “sensoria communia.” A Philosophical Dictionary
- The tumor was located in the pineal gland and was well demarcated from the surrounding brain tissue, especially from the cerebellum.
- One theory is that it is related to the amount of melatonin in the body, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland.
- When the energy runs through the pineal gland, it will throb and pulsate as mentioned by HunterWolf.
- This diurnal variation in melatonin synthesis is brought about by norepinephrine secreted by the postganglionic sympathetic nerves that innervate the pineal gland.
- They were especially intent upon increasing the secretions of what we now call the pineal gland, and referred to these as the nectar of the moon—an appropriate nomenclature, since the primary hormone secreted by the pineal is melatonin, the hormone that helps us sleep. Meditation as Medicine
- [S.P.G.], stalk of the pineal gland. th., thalamencephalon.th. c., thalamencephalon. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
- Melatonin and serotonin are indoleamines derived from tryptophan which are produced by the pineal gland in vertebrates.
- The cells of the suprachiasmatic nucleus send signals to other parts of the brain, especially the pineal gland, initiating hormonal and nerve signals that synchronize the body and the brain to the biological clock.