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Pinealocytes store the neurotransmitter glutamate in special packages known as vesicles. When
they receive stimulation from light, they release glutamate.
Glutamate decreases the release of melatonin from the pineal gland.
Light signals decrease melatonin release to indicate that it’s daytime.
Natural melatonin release in response to the absence of light. Light signals from the eye cause the
release of glutamate in the pineal gland that decreases melatonin release.
Source https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2013/618432/
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