Some Clinical, Biochemical, and Physiological Actions of the Pineal Gland

Clinical Staff Conference1 December 1964Some Clinical, Biochemical, and Physiological Actions of the Pineal GlandCombined Clinical Staff Conference at the National Institutes of HealthROBERT A. COHEN, M.D., RICHARD J. WURTMAN, M.D., JULIUS AXELROD, PH.D., SOLOMON H. SNYDER, M.D.ROBERT A. COHEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD J. WURTMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JULIUS AXELROD, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, SOLOMON H. SNYDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-6-1144 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Robert A. Cohen: On previous occasions when our Institute has had the responsibility for presenting one of these Combined Clinical Conferences I have considered it almost an obligation to choose for presentation those ongoing studies that are concerned at least in part with psychosocial aspects of behavior, since ours is the only program at NIH where the social and behavioral sciences are strongly represented. It is obvious, of course, that a fundamental understanding of behavior demands a theory that combines knowledge gained from such studies with that derived from a precise understanding of the biological processes and structures that...References1. KITAYALTSCHULE JIMD: The Pineal Gland: A Review of the Physiologic Literature, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1954. Google Scholar2. HEUBNER O: Tumor der Glandula Pinealis. Deutsch. Med. Wschr. 24 (Vereins-Beilage, No. 29): 214, 1898. Google Scholar3. KITAY JI: Pineal lesions and precocious puberty: a review. J. Clin. 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