08/03/2025
Your pineal gland is a tiny endocrine gland in the middle of your brain that helps regulate your body's circadian rhythm by secreting the hormone melatonin.
Your pineal gland, also called the pineal body or epiphysis cerebri, is a tiny gland in your brain that’s located beneath the back part of the corpus callosum. It’s a part of your endocrine system and secretes the hormone melatonin. Your pineal gland’s main job is to help control the circadian cycle of sleep and wakefulness by secreting melatonin.
The pineal gland is shaped like a tiny pinecone, which is how it got its name (“pine”-al gland). However, it is pronounced “pin-ee-uhl.”
The pineal gland is the least understood gland of the endocrine system, and it was the last part of the endocrine system to be discovered.
WHAT IS THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?
Your endocrine system is a network of several glands that create and secrete (release) hormones.
A gland is an organ that makes one or more substances, like hormones, digestive juices, sweat or tears. Endocrine glands release hormones directly into your bloodstream.
Hormones are chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it.
The following organs and glands make up your endocrine system:
• Hypothalamus.
• Pituitary gland.
• Thyroid.
• Parathyroid glands.
• Adrenal glands.
• Pineal gland.
• Pancreas.
• Ovaries.
• Te**es.
The Alavida patch is designed to stimulate the brain's pineal gland, and our tests show that we also see excitation from other areas of the brain, including the pituitary, hypothalamus, and frontal lobes.
The regions of the pineal gland, pituitary and hypothalamus are responsible for controlling almost all neurohormones in the body and regulating the hormonal system.
Sleep, body temperature and immune response are also regulated.
