Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the ...

The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland located downstream of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, which is composed of an anterior, an intermediate and a posterior lobe. It secretes ...

Researchers have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the majority produced after birth ...

About 1 in 3 people develop tumors in the anterior pituitary gland. These tumors aren’t usually cancerous but can lead to the overproduction of pituitary hormones. The most common types are ...

Two adult mouse pituitary glands. On the left, gonadotrophs derived after birth from stem cells appear in yellow. On the right, gonadotrophs in the embryo appear in green/yellow in the centre of ...

This is a summary of “Impact of pituitary adenomas on cognitive performance: a systematic review,” published in the April ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...

It also seems to have some control over the pituitary gland – in particular, over the menstrual cycle – and it may influence new bone deposition. We know that the pineal gland calcifies as we ...

[8] Finally, as a practical consideration, any patient with postoperative diabetes insipidus should be presumed to have anterior pituitary insufficiency as well, and should receive corticosteroid ...