Pregnancy and motherhood trigger profound hormonal, structural, and functional changes in the brain, reshaping neural circuits to support caregiving and maternal behaviors. Recent evidence reveals ...

(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 ...

A postoperative MRI scan showed successful resection of the tumor with a postsurgical cavity in the sella turcica; there was no discernable posterior pituitary bright spot (Figure 1B).

Although the attention of physiologists and pharmacologists was first called to the pituitary body by the discovery of the haemodynamic and diuretic properties found in extracts of its posterior lobe, ...

ATHENS, Greece — Posterior capsule rupture is most likely to occur at the stage of sculpting or quadrant removal, is affected by the presence of anterior capsule tears and influences where to ...

In addition, the function of the posterior pituitary gland was evaluated with clinical symptoms according to plasma and urinary osmolality and plasma sodium levels. The laboratory analyses of all ...

The review details how sex hormones influence neurological function through multiple mechanisms, including direct effects on nerve cells, epigenetic modifications, and the newly discovered brain ...

Find out what you need to know about posterior capsulotomies. Discover the pros, cons, risks, and benefits and how this procedure may affect health.

Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths on or near your pituitary gland that can press on nearby structures. Disorders of pituitary hormone over-production means a pituitary tumor is causing high levels ...

After injection of posterior pituitary extract in 1 control patient, the peripheral blood pressure rose slightly, and the pulse rate increased whereas the wedged-hepatic-vein pressure fell (Fig. 2).