posterior pituitary (or neurohypophysis) is the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland which is part of the endocrine system. The posterior pituitary is...

size of a kidney bean. There are two main lobes of the pituitary, an anterior lobe, and a posterior lobe joined and separated by a small intermediate lobe...

anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis or pars anterior) is the glandular, anterior lobe that together with the posterior lobe (posterior pituitary...

hormone secretion (SIADH) Hypopituitarism (or Panhypopituitarism) Pituitary tumors Pituitary adenomas Prolactinoma (or Hyperprolactinemia) Acromegaly, gigantism...

Hypothalamus Anterior pituitary gland Pineal gland Posterior pituitary gland The posterior pituitary gland is a section of the pituitary gland. This organ...

the connection between the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary, the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The floor of the third ventricle is prolonged...

The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain, and intimately connected with the hypothalamus. It consists of two lobes: the posterior pituitary...

function of these hormones to be altered by physical activity. In posterior pituitary we have hormones that control absorption of water and oxytocin. Anterior...

pituitary, the intermediate pituitary lobe, and the posterior pituitary. The hypothalamus controls the anterior pituitary's hormone secretion by sending...

neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it...

converted to AVP. It then travels down the axon terminating in the posterior pituitary, and is released from vesicles into the circulation in response to...

specialized hypothalamic neurons which extend to the median eminence and posterior pituitary. The adrenal medulla produces adrenomedullary hormones in chromaffin...

anterior pituitary and creates two hormones that it exports to the posterior pituitary for storage and later release. Four of the six anterior pituitary hormones...

of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) either from the posterior pituitary gland, or an abnormal non-pituitary source. Unsuppressed ADH causes a physiologically...

next to the third ventricle. Many of its neurons project to the posterior pituitary where they secrete oxytocin, and a smaller amount of vasopressin...

thin pituitary stalk, an ectopic or absent posterior pituitary and/or absent or hypoplastic anterior pituitary. Affected individuals may present with hypoglycaemia...

Pituicytes are glial cells of the posterior pituitary. Their main role is to assist in the storage and release of neurohypophysial hormones. Pituicytes...

and vasopressin. These hormones are released into the blood in the posterior pituitary. Much smaller parvocellular neurosecretory cells, neurons of the...

Pituitary apoplexy is bleeding into or impaired blood supply of the pituitary gland. This usually occurs in the presence of a tumor of the pituitary, although...

communication between the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Oxytocin and anti-diuretic hormone are not secreted in the posterior lobe, merely stored. The pancreas is...

anterior pituitary through the portal blood vessel system of the hypophyseal stalk and vasopressin is transported by axonal transport to the posterior pituitary...

Vasopressin is produced in the hypothalamus and released from the posterior pituitary in the brain. When released it compels the individual to protect...

proteins which transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus...

formation in the anterior pituitary is less likely than in the posterior pituitary. This is because the posterior pituitary is vascularized by direct...

deficiency congenital malformations involving the pituitary (e.g., septo-optic dysplasia, posterior pituitary ectopia) chronic kidney disease intracranial...

needed] Thalamus Hypothalamus including the posterior pituitary Epithalamus which consists of: Anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei Medial and lateral...

itself from the internal carotid artery. It supplies the posterior pituitary of the pituitary gland. The inferior hypophysial artery is a branch of the...

ADH Peptide posterior pituitary Parvocellular neurosecretory neurons in hypothalamus Magnocellular neurosecretory cells in posterior pituitary AVPRs, VACM-1...

Pituitrin is a proprietary name for an extract of bovine posterior pituitary hormones (i.e. oxytocin and vasopressin) formerly used in obstetrics and...

and supraoptic nucleus in the hypothalamus, which signals to the posterior pituitary gland to produce oxytocin. Oxytocin stimulates contraction of the...