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Q.Name the hormone secreted by the pineal gland that helps regulate the body's sleep-wake (circadian) rhythm.

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Melatonin is the principal hormone secreted by the pineal gland. Its secretion rises during darkness and falls during daylight, driven by a dedicated retinal light-sensing pathway, and this daily rhythm acts as the body's chief internal timing cue, entrain …

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