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 ...

SINCE the discovery by Oliver and Schafer of the blood-pressure raising or pressor effect of extracts of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, a number of other phenomena caused by injections ...

(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 ...

Experience: Each year, we treat more than 1,500 patients and do more than 100 surgeries in and around the pituitary gland. This high volume gives us a level of expertise that’s linked to better ...

Increasingly, public and private resources are being dedicated to community-based health improvement programs. But evaluations of these programs typically rely on data about process and a pre-post ...

The amount of thyroid hormone released by the thyroid is regulated by the pituitary gland at the base of your brain. This gland makes a substance called thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Having too ...

Prolactin is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland located at the base of your brain. The pituitary gland is part of the neuroendocrine system, which works to regulate many of your bodily ...