The pineal gland releases melatonin into the blood stream in response to sympathetic noradrenergic stimulation of pinealocytes. This process is inhibited by light via the retino-hypothalamic-pineal pathway. Hence melatonin is predominantly released in darkness. Because serotonin is a precursor of me
Olfactory dysfunction in anorexia and bulimia nervosa
โ Scribed by Fedoroff, Ingrid C. ;Stoner, Susan A. ;Andersen, Arnold E. ;Doty, Richard L. ;Rolls, Barbara J.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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