"Pineal Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A light-sensitive neuroendocrine organ attached to the roof of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. The pineal gland secretes MELATONIN, other BIOGENIC AMINES and NEUROPEPTIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D010870
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.635 A06.688.733 A08.186.211.464.200.680 A08.186.211.730.317.200.620 A08.713.733
|
| Concept/Terms |
Pineal Gland- Pineal Gland
- Gland, Pineal
- Pineal Glands
- Pineal Body
- Pineal Bodies
- Corpus Pineale
- Corpus Pineales
- Epiphysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Epiphysis
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pineal Gland".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pineal Gland".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pineal Gland" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pineal Gland" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pineal Gland" by people in Profiles.
-
Buonfiglio D, Hummer DL, Armstrong A, Christopher Ehlen J, DeBruyne JP. Angelman syndrome and melatonin: What can they teach us about sleep regulation. J Pineal Res. 2020 Nov; 69(4):e12697.
-
Owino S, Contreras-Alcantara S, Baba K, Tosini G. Melatonin Signaling Controls the Daily Rhythm in Blood Glucose Levels Independent of Peripheral Clocks. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0148214.
-
Samson M, Emerson MM, Cepko CL. Robust marking of photoreceptor cells and pinealocytes with several reporters under control of the Crx gene. Dev Dyn. 2009 Dec; 238(12):3218-25.
-
Chowdhury I, Sengupta A, Maitra SK. Melatonin: fifty years of scientific journey from the discovery in bovine pineal gland to delineation of functions in human. Indian J Biochem Biophys. 2008 Oct; 45(5):289-304.
-
Yoshizawa M, Jeffery WR. Shadow response in the blind cavefish Astyanax reveals conservation of a functional pineal eye. J Exp Biol. 2008 Feb; 211(Pt 3):292-9.
-
Tan Y, DeBruyne J, Cahill GM, Wells DE. Identification of a mutation in the Clock1 gene affecting zebrafish circadian rhythms. J Neurogenet. 2008; 22(2):149-66.
-
Fukuhara C, Tosini G. Analysis of daily and circadian gene expression in the rat pineal gland. Neurosci Res. 2008 Feb; 60(2):192-8.
-
Szewczuk LM, Saldanha SA, Ganguly S, Bowers EM, Javoroncov M, Karanam B, Culhane JC, Holbert MA, Klein DC, Abagyan R, Cole PA. De novo discovery of serotonin N-acetyltransferase inhibitors. J Med Chem. 2007 Nov 01; 50(22):5330-8.
-
Davidson AJ, Yamazaki S, Arble DM, Menaker M, Block GD. Resetting of central and peripheral circadian oscillators in aged rats. Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Mar; 29(3):471-7.
-
Gamble KL, Paul KN, Karom MC, Tosini G, Albers HE. Paradoxical effects of NPY in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 May; 23(9):2488-94.