Abstract The endocrine system consists of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the second in an eight-part series on ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea. It is located at the base of the brain and controls the function of the body’s hormones. Disorders of the pituitary gland are relatively rare. Symptoms are ...

The pituitary gland is a structure located at the base of the brain, which dictates and manages the functions of the majority of other endocrine glands throughout the body. The pituitary gland has ...

Endocrine glands are ductless glands which secrete a chemical substance called hormone. Being ductless gland they release their hormones directly into the blood of a person. These descriptive ...

In the human body, the endocrine system consists of a network of glands and secrete hormones to regulate the functions of the body including growth and metabolism. When glands produce an incorrect ...

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 is a rare genetic disorder associated with a high risk of developing tumors in your parathyroid gland and pituitary gland, and your pancreas. Multiple endocrine ...

The authors determined that aggregation of many embryonic stem cells in the presence of BMP4 led to the simultaneous differentiation of an epithelium with characteristics of the rostral head ectoderm ...

The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, ...

A pituitary adenoma is a benign tumor in the front part of the pituitary gland. Doctors categorize these tumors by size, with the smallest type called pituitary microadenoma. Pituitary adenomas are ...

MEN1 is an inherited disorder that causes tumours in various endocrine glands. MEN1 is sometimes called multiple endocrine adenomatosis or Wermer's syndrome, after one of the first doctors to ...