The pea-sized pituitary gland is composed of both anterior and posterior lobes; in adults, the vertical diameter is approximately 8mm, with the horizontal circumference found to be 12 millimeters ...

The Pituitary Center offers: The pituitary gland lies at the base of the skull, between the brain and the paranasal sinuses. From this location, it serves a critical link between the brain and the ...

Most pituitary tumors are adenomas that develop in the adenohypophysis (the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland), which is composed of six epithelial cell types that secrete peptide hormones.

PAD expression in tissues such as the anterior pituitary gland, mammary gland, and uterus changes over the course of the female reproductive cycle. The best-characterized targets for PADs are arginine ...

(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 review of the Johns Hopkins Hospital surgical records from 1896–1912 on a patient with hypopituitarism secondary to a suprasellar mass, in whom the first documented pituitary gland ...

in MEN1 the overactive glands most often include the parathyroid glands, the pancreas and the pituitary. Most people who develop excessive hormonal production from only one endocrine gland do not have ...

stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin by the anterior pituitary. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (also called Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)) GnRH GnRH ...