Melatonin acts in many ways to maintain your health. Most of you use it to help fall asleep, however, it has many important other functions to maintain good health. Melatonin is produced in the pineal gland. There are receptors (ipRGCs) in the eye, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells that are sensitive to infrared radiation. These retinal photoreceptors (nonvisual) send signals to the pineal gland which suppresses melatonin release.
There is another source for melatonin production, mitochondrion. Melatonin is produced as part of the mitochondrial oxidative chemistry. Melatonin serves to ' cool down' mitochondrial overheating. This pathway for NIR penetrates the skin and enters mitochondria stimulating melatonin release. Thus there are two separate paths for melatonin, 1.pineal gland 2. intracellular mitochondria.
Sunlight: Optimize Health and Immunity (Light Therapy and Melatonin)
Melatonin and the circadian rhythm play a pivotal role in rest, good health, and eliminating oxidative stress. The video by Medcram (Robert Seheult, M.D., UC Riverside School of Medicine
https://doi.org/10.32794/mr11250016
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