PINEAL GLAND IN PEDIATRICS

The Pineal Gland

mied nearly in tbe center of the B brain in any mammal is a small white structure, sbaped somewhat like a pinecone, called tbe pineal body. ln man this organ is rougbly a quarter of an inch long and weighs about a tenth of a gram. The function of tbe pineal body has never been clearly understood. Now that tbe role of tbe tbymus gland in establishing tbe body’s immunological defenses bas been de...

The pineal gland.

Biorhythms and pineal gland.

Endocrine biorhythms are classified according to the period time, as one of the most characteristic properties of biorhythms. Each endocrine organ has parallel more than one biorhythms with different period time (e. g. circadian and circannual rhythms). The time of acrophase of the biorhythms at the different endocrine organs is fairly variant. This review summarizes the rhythmic function of th...

Pineal gland and aging.

Advancing age is characterized by a progressive impairment of virtually all cognitive a.nd behavioral functions, and several degenerative changes, such as neuron loss, myelin degeneration, gliosis and neurotransmitter system ?ecline, are considered the hallmarks of the agmg brain. In accord with many studies, the steady decline in the weight of fixed brain appears as a function of age between 2...

Pineal gland calcification

Calcification of the pineal gland is shown to be closely related to defective sense of direction. In a tricentre prospective study of 750 patients lateral skull radiographs showed that 394 had calcified pineal glands. Sense of direction was assessed by subjective questioning and objective testing and the results noted on a scale of0-10 (where 10 equals perfect sense ofdirection). The average sc...