Second Eye
TITLE
PINEAL GLAND: “THE HIDDEN EYE”
INTRODUCTION
The third eye, also referred as parietal eye or pineal eye, is a photosensory organ that triggers hormone production and thermoregulation. This eye cannot see in quite the same way as the main eyes, instead only detecting shapes and shadows rather than full pictures. They are also highly sensitive to changes in light and dark – producing markedly different hormones based on time of day. It produces melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of sleep/wake patterns and photoperiodic (seasonal) functions. It also contributes to the sexual development of a person. Its location on the near or center of the two hemispheres of the brain takes into a lead that it’s the link of physical and …show more content…
This pine cone-shaped gland is derived from the evagination of the diencephalon roof. Topographically, the pineal gland occupies the impression between the superior colliculi of the mesencephalon and is burrowed between the two hemispheres of the brain. This gland can produce hormones that are focused for neurological regulation such as the serotonin and its derivative melatonin, which encodes and disseminates information on circadian rhythm, thus coupling the outside world to the biochemical and physiological internal demands of the …show more content…
(Miller, 1985) The pineal gland was then considered as the “mind’s eye” because of its involvement in the activity of the eye in making the person feel sleepiness and the ability of photoreception even though it does not receive direct light to form images (occurs especially when a person is dreaming due to synthesis of DMT hormone in-charge of it). By this, the pineal gland has then the biological potential of being an actual
PINEAL GLAND: “THE HIDDEN EYE”
INTRODUCTION
The third eye, also referred as parietal eye or pineal eye, is a photosensory organ that triggers hormone production and thermoregulation. This eye cannot see in quite the same way as the main eyes, instead only detecting shapes and shadows rather than full pictures. They are also highly sensitive to changes in light and dark – producing markedly different hormones based on time of day. It produces melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of sleep/wake patterns and photoperiodic (seasonal) functions. It also contributes to the sexual development of a person. Its location on the near or center of the two hemispheres of the brain takes into a lead that it’s the link of physical and …show more content…
This pine cone-shaped gland is derived from the evagination of the diencephalon roof. Topographically, the pineal gland occupies the impression between the superior colliculi of the mesencephalon and is burrowed between the two hemispheres of the brain. This gland can produce hormones that are focused for neurological regulation such as the serotonin and its derivative melatonin, which encodes and disseminates information on circadian rhythm, thus coupling the outside world to the biochemical and physiological internal demands of the …show more content…
(Miller, 1985) The pineal gland was then considered as the “mind’s eye” because of its involvement in the activity of the eye in making the person feel sleepiness and the ability of photoreception even though it does not receive direct light to form images (occurs especially when a person is dreaming due to synthesis of DMT hormone in-charge of it). By this, the pineal gland has then the biological potential of being an actual