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Evidence for a modulation of the stress response by the pineal gland
1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Experientia
|August 15, 1990
Abstract:
Wistar rats show a circadian variation in their response to stress. Pinealectomy exacerbates stress-induced gastric ulceration in rats. This effect is counteracted by melatonin administration.