The posterior pituitary is the smaller of two lobes that make up your pituitary gland. It secretes vasopressin and oxytocin into your bloodstream — hormones that play a role in water balance ...

The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland contains cells that do not actually produce hormones, but store hormones after they have been produced in the hypothalamus until they are ready to be ...

Regarding the posterior pituitary gland, two different hormones, namely oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), are stored there. These hormones are secreted depending on the body’s need. What ...

While the posterior pituitary doesn’t make its own hormones, it still plays an important part in the endocrine system. The posterior pituitary stores and releases hormones sent by the ...

Pituicytomas develop in the posterior pituitary gland and may cause hormonal problems. Only 174 cases were reported from 1994–2021. Surgery most often treats this type.

The questions arise, whether the posterior pituitary hormone acts directly on the adrenal or indirectly through the depression of the anterior pituitary secretion, ...

The posterior pituitary does not produce hormones. It stores and secretes hormones produced in the hypothalamus and transmitted to it via the portal vessels that link the two glands.

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 ...

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 elucidation of the major functions of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland during the past four decades is a monument of scientific achievement. In a microcosmic sense its history parallels ...

A pituitary tumor is a growth on the pituitary gland. Pituitary tumors do not always cause symptoms, but some may put pressure on the brain and nearby organs, and others may affect hormone balance ...