The pineal neurohormone melatonin and its physiologic opiatergic immunoregulatory role

The pineal gland functions as a neuroendocrine transducer that coordinate the organism response to changing environmental stimuli such as light and temperature. The main and best known pineal neurohormone is melatonin that is synthesized and released in a circadian fashion with a peak during the nig...

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Main Authors: Georges J. M. Maestroni, Ario Conti, Walter Pierpaoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1987-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000600012