[The place of epiphyseal-adrenocortical relations in the corrective regulation of behavior]

In the norm between epiphysis and adrenal cortex the unstable functional relations are established. During pathologic enhancement of adrenocortical activity, that causes the stress and psychic depression-related disorders in an emotional sphere, the epiphysial effects assume a stable restrained character. The major epiphysial hormone, melatonin, under pathology starts limiting the secretion of glucocorticoids eliminating in addition the behavioral disorders.