IT PRODUCES MELATONIN, WHICH MAY BE LINKED TO THE ONSET OF PUBERTY. IT APPEARS TO DO THIS BY INHIBITNG GONADOTROPIN
RELEASING HORMONE SECRETION.
MELATONIN MAY ALSO INFLUENCE A VARIETY OF BODY RHYTHMS SUCH AS SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT
LIGHT EXPOSURE DECREASES PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN, WHILE DARK EXPOSURE INCREASES ITS PRODUCTION.
IT ALSO PRODUCES ARGININE VASOTOCIN, A SUBSTANCE THAT MAY INHIBIT GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE SECRETION.
