from the pituitary gland, affecting male and female reproductive organs. In this way, melatonin—and therefore the pineal gland—helps regulate sexual development.

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study. Researchers found that a protein ...

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 ...

pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal gland, pancreas, and the gonads (either the testes or the ovaries, depending on your sex). An issue with the functioning ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

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 ...