(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 ...

ABSTRACT Objective: The inflammation of the pituitary gland is known as hypophysitis. It is a rare disease accounting for approximately 0.24%-0.88% of all pituitary diseases. The natural course of ...

In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study.

The pituitary gland, also called the hypophysis, is an endocrine organ found within a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain. Its primary function is to secrete hormones that regulate homeostasis ...

Effects of the pituitary-targeted gland axes on hepatic lipid homeostasis in endocrine-associated fatty liver disease-A concept worth revisiting Xia & He Publishing Inc.

Sheehan's syndrome is a rare condition that develops in some women due to significant blood loss, most often in those who bleed excessively during childbirth. The extreme loss of blood affects and ...

IT is now generally admitted that the functions of the pituitary gland (or hypophysis) are mediated by the secretion of a number of hormones from its different parts; although no active principle ...

The anterior pituitary gland contains five cell types that synthesize and secrete hormones (growth hormone [GH], prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, thyroid stimulating ...

Yes, you can live without a pituitary gland. You’ll need to take hormone replacement medications for the rest of your life to make up for the hormones the pituitary usually makes.