The pineal gland — which regulates the cycles of sleep and waking — appears to have evolved as an indirect way to improve vision, by keeping toxic compounds away from the eye, according to a new ...

Around one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that heart diseases ...

THE purpose of this review is to summarize the known functions of the pineal gland. Then, utilizing recent evidence linking the visual and limbic systems, a hypothesis will be advanced concerning ...

A pineal cyst is a benign fluid-filled sac that occurs in the brain’s pineal gland. Although they usually don’t cause symptoms, some people may experience vague symptoms, like a headache. Pineal cysts ...

THE existence of an active substance in the pineal gland capable of inhibiting gonadotropic hormones is supported by most authors who have studied this problem. On the other hand, nothing has been ...