Our bodies are regulated by hormones which are chemicals that allow communication between different cells and parts of the body. Endocrine glands release hormones into the bloodstream. Hormones ...

The pituitary gland is a structure located at the base of the brain, which dictates and manages the functions of the majority of other endocrine glands throughout the body. The pituitary gland has ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The control of thyroxine levels by the hypothalamus and pituitary gland is an example of negative feedback.

Pediatric pituitary adenomas and cysts were incidentally rare and tended to be small, nonfunctioning, and stable among children and adolescents.

This is an important distinction from patients with FIPA, where no other endocrine glands form tumours. in MEN1 the overactive glands most often include the parathyroid glands, the pancreas and the ...

A review of the Johns Hopkins Hospital surgical records from 1896–1912 on a patient with hypopituitarism secondary to a suprasellar mass, in whom the first documented pituitary gland ...

and infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are also thought to affect hypothalamic–pituitary function. Schaefer and colleagues aimed to determine the incidence of hypothalamic ...