A recent study published in The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine has found that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have significantly smaller pineal glands compared to ...

“While the study found a smaller pineal gland volume in OCD patients, it did not assess the hormonal changes, such as ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

The hypothalamus is a tiny part of the brain that controls sleep. It acts like a clock, telling us when to sleep and wake. Tap to read in detail.

It is regulated by the nearby hypothalamus and produces hormones such as prolactin ... Birds keep time with sensory input from the retinae and pineal glands that secret a hormone known as melatonin ...

It should be noted that blue light also affects something called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which is the main chemical ...

Our brain’s hypothalamus has a kind of “master clock ... This master clock turns on a tiny structure in our brains, called the pineal gland, to release more of a sleep-inducing chemical ...

An event meant to help empower visually impaired people was held in Phoenix on Friday. The Vision Rehabilitation and Technology Expo (VRATE) took place at the Ability 360 Sports & Fitness Center.

The hypothalamus consists of several nuclei that integrate peripheral signals, such as adiposity and caloric intake, to regulate important pathways within the CNS controlling food intake.