ENDOCRINE ORGANS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE ORGANS
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Question
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Sleep regulation
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Appetite regulation
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Glucose regulation
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Melatonin is a hormone that your brain produces in response to darkness. It helps with the timing of your circadian rhythms (24-hour internal clock) and with sleep.
Detailed explanation-2: -Natural melatonin is an important hormone for regulating your sleep-wake cycle. While several factors can negatively affect how long and how well you sleep, the amount of melatonin your pineal gland is making could be one of them.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is thought that the endogenous cycle of melatonin is involved in the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle by muting the SCN-alerting signals, or wakefulness-producing mechanisms. In this capacity, increased night-time melatonin levels allow the homeostatic drive to remain unopposed, resulting in sleep onset.