Some pineal functions, such as photoperiodic regulation of reproductive events, are elicited by melatonin itself;other events are caused by melatonin modulating and refining functions invested in neurotransmitters located in other structures and organs, which may differ from tissue to tissue, organ to organ, and species to species.
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