The pars tuberalis is a part that surrounds the infundibular stalk, and the pars intermedia is a thin band of cells that separates the pars distalis from the posterior pituitary lobe. Posterior ...

A T1-weighted with gadolinium contrast MRI of the hypophysis showed a 6 mm thickening of the pituitary stalk at the optic chiasm level; T2-weighted MRI showed a bulging and plump appearance of the ...

Your pituitary gland is a small, pea-shaped gland, and the anterior pituitary is its frontal lobe. The pituitary gland is located at the base of your brain under the hypothalamus.

The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is derived from neural tissue and specialized cells, which called pituicytes, and is considered an extension of the hypothalamus. The magnocellular ...

THE association of adrenal hyperplasia with basophil tumors of the pituitary gland was first suggested by Cushing.1 This type of tumor has since been thought to be at least one cause of Cushing's s ...

The pituitary gland is a very important but small piece of tissue located at the base of the brain. This tissue is referred to as a gland because it secretes hormones into the bloodstream to control ...

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.

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland.

Hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Your hypothalamus balances your body by making hormones that it sends to be stored in an area of your pituitary called the posterior pituitary.