[1,2,4] For this reason, hormonal stimulation or impaired feedback inhibition has been thought to underlie the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors. The data suggest, however, that although hormones ...

Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths within the pituitary ... producing tumors to help control hormone levels. For instance, ...

Resistance to dopamine agonists occurs in a subset of patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors. The resistance is mediated by loss of pituitary D 2 receptors and occurs in both ...

Among these are dopamine agonists and somatostatin analogs. While one would hope that the ACTH modulators would reduce tumor volume (of particular concern in patients with pituitary macroadenomas ...

Non-cancerous tumors of the pituitary gland (prolactinomas) are usually treated with dopamine agonist medications, either ...

Bromocriptine activates post-synaptic dopamine receptors. The dopaminergic neurons in the tuberoinfundibular process modulate the secretion of prolactin from the anterior pituitary by secreting a ...