pineal gland in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Modern birds and reptiles have been found to express the phototransducing pigment melanopsin in the pineal gland.
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Melatonin is secreted into the blood by the pineal gland in the brain.
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The pineal gland is located on roof of the diencephalon.
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He believed the cerebrospinal fluid of the ventricles acted through the nerves to control the body, and that the pineal gland influenced this process.
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The pineal gland synthesizes the neurohormone melatonin from tryptophan.
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As a child she had a bout of bronchial pneumonia which damaged the pineal gland and led to fits.
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Lampreys have a light sensitive pineal eye (homologous to the pineal gland in mammals).
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Papillary tumors characteristically show a discrete, compressive border with adjacent pineal gland and brain parenchyma.
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He studied the neuropathology of the structure and development of the pineal gland and of microglia, lead poisoning, and avitaminosis.
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An important factor in sleep is melatonin, a hormone produced in the pineal gland that is associated with sleep facilitation.
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