THE HUMAN PINEAL GLAND: A REVIEW OF THE "THIRD EYE"AND THE EFFECT OF LIGHT |
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| Authors: | FRANCES M. Booth fracs do |
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| Affiliation: | Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeon Repatriation General Hospital Concord |
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| Abstract: | The human pineal gland is an extremely active neuroendocrine transducer Environmental light acts through the retina and entrains the pineal gland's circadian rhythms by way of the hypothalamus and sympathetic nervous system Light depresses pinealocyte activity
It is possible to do without the pineal, but this tiny gland is considered to be the "regulator of regulators" and important In general homeostasis. A direct retino-hypothalamic pathway is probably involved, and a system of synchronising potentially independent oscillators is postulated |
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| Keywords: | Key words Human pineal light circadian rhythms retino-hypothalamic pathway oscillating systems |
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