Running on Empty: Of Hypopinealism and Human Seasonality

• Main Authors: Dieter Kunz (Author), Amely Wahnschaffe (Author), Nina Kaempfe (Author), Richard Mahlberg (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fag: article
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The pineal hormone melatonin is the natural transducer of the environmental light-dark signal to the body. Although the responsiveness to photoperiod is well-conserved in humans, only about 25 percent of the human population experiences seasonal changes in behavior. As a consequence, humans seem to...