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Endocrine Rhythms Associated with Pineal Gland Function

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Biological Rhythms and Endocrine Function

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 54))

Abstract

The endocrine system exhibits a gamut of rhythms. Many of these have a duration of roughly 24 hours (circadian) while some are approximately 12 months (circannual) in length. All of the rhythms are probably advantageous to the individual animals or to the species as a whole. The factors controlling many of these hormonal fluctuations are likely numerous; and, in many cases, the governing mechanisms remain unknown. Some of the rhythms are undoubtedly related to the activity of the pineal gland, an organ which itself exhibits remarkable variations in its biosynthetic and presumably in its secretory activity. In the pineal gland, the primary impeller of these changes is ostensibly the photoperiodic environment (Quay, 1963a; Axelrod, Wurtman, and Snyder, 1965; Snyder, Axelrod, and Zweig, 1967) and to somewhat lesser extent locomotor activity (Ralph, Mull, Lynch, and Hedlund, 1971; Reiter, Sorrentino, Ralph, Lynch, Mull, and Jarrow, 1971) and hormonal feedback influences (Quay, 1964; Wurtman, Axelrod, Snyder, and Chu, 1965; Houssay and Barcello, 1972).

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Reiter, R.J. (1975). Endocrine Rhythms Associated with Pineal Gland Function. In: Hedlund, L.W., Franz, J.M., Kenny, A.D. (eds) Biological Rhythms and Endocrine Function. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8715-2_2

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