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Meanings of pineal gland in английском

русский
пинеальная железа
португальский
órgão pineal
испанский
epifisis del diencefalo
каталонский
epífisi cerebral
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Small endocrine gland found in most vertebrates, which produces melatonin; in humans, located in the epithalamus, in a groove where the two halves of the thalamus join; its shape and size resembles a pine nut, after which it is named.

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        Usage of pineal gland in английском
        1
        Developmentally, the pineal gland is considered as a part of the epithalamus.
        Pubmed
        2
        The mind has no observable natural relation to the pineal gland.
        Theodicy / Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and...
        3
        The pineal gland has some definite relation to muscle chemistry not yet probed.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
        4
        I felt it in my brain stem, my cortex, my goddamn pineal gland.
        Brains: a zombie memoir
        5
        A low-grade astrocytoma confined to the pineal gland is reported.
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        6
        Is there really a soul sitting aloof in the pineal gland, as Descartes held?
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
        7
        The pineal gland exerts a depressive influence on CNS excitability.
        Pubmed
        8
        Blasius, Diemerbroeck, and the Ephemerides, speak of stones in the location of the pineal gland.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        9
        The pineal gland maintains the circadian rhythm in the body by secreting the hormone melatonin.
        Pubmed
        10
        It is the key-enzyme responsible of the nocturnal rhythm of melatonin production in the pineal gland.
        Pubmed
        11
        The pineal gland is a small pinecone-shaped and functionally endocrine structure located in the epithalamus region.
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        12
        In those of any class over fifteen, no response has been elicited by feeding pineal gland.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
        13
        The Cartesians think it's in the pineal gland-
        Quicksilver
        14
        Melatonin is actually a hormone, made in a part of the brain called the pineal gland.
        Wired
        15
        In addition to decreased testicular activity, the pineal gland is also involved in establishing conditions for torpor.
        Pubmed
        16
        The cause of the whole bizarre tragedy was found to be a tumor of the pineal gland.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...