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Pineal Gland

The pineal body (corpus pineale), or the pineal gland, is a small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland located at the posterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain. The pineal gland, which was known to physicians in Antiquity, has been a mystifying subject to scientists. René Descartes, who, while maintaining that the soul and the body, including the brain, are two essentially different substances, identified the pineal body as the point of contact which enables the immaterial soul to affect the material body. At one time, the pineal gland was thought to be a vestigial third eye, due to the fact that in some lower animals, such as fishes and amphibians, the pineal gland is comprised of ...

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thyrotropin-releasing hormone, somatostatin, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and vasotocin. In addition, the pineal gland produces unique enzymes that convert serotonin into ...

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Added: 4/6/2011 10:12:27 PM
Submitted By: Klozon
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Free Paper
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