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Pinealectomy

Surgical removal of the pineal gland

Pinealectomy is a surgical procedure in which the pineal gland is removed. It is performed only in rare cases, where a pineocytoma or a pineal gland cyst

Pinealectomy

Pineal gland

Endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates

hormones, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH). Pinealectomy performed on rodents produced no change in pituitary weight, but caused

Pineal gland

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List of -ectomies

List of Surgical Removals

Photorefractive keratectomy is the alteration of the cornea by means of a laser. Pinealectomy is the surgical removal of the pineal gland, used often on birds to study

List of -ectomies

List_of_-ectomies

List of surgical procedures

Hypophysectomy · Thyroidectomy · Parathyroidectomy · Adrenalectomy · Pinealectomy Eye Punctoplasty · Trabeculoplasty Photorefractive keratectomy · Trabeculectomy ·

List of surgical procedures

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Leptin

Hormone that inhibits hunger

Sarsilmaz M, Colakoglu N, Kukne A, Ozen OA, Yilmaz B, et al. (2004). "Pinealectomy increases and exogenous melatonin decreases leptin production in rat

Leptin

6-Sulfatoxymelatonin

Chemical compound

peak secretion occurred 1.5 hours earlier in summer than in winter. Pinealectomy performed on rats showed that the pineal gland is the main source of

6-Sulfatoxymelatonin

N-Acetylserotonin

Chemical compound

clinical treatment of MAOIs. It reduces blood pressure in rodents, and pinealectomy (the pineal gland being a major site of NAS and melatonin synthesis)

N-Acetylserotonin

History of the pineal gland

Aspect of medical history

rats in constant light decreased the weight of their pineals, and why pinealectomy and constant light affect ovary growth to an equal extent; this knowledge

History of the pineal gland