More information: Qiyu Chen et al, Neural plate progenitors give rise to both anterior and posterior pituitary cells, Developmental Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.018 ...

The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland located downstream of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, which is composed of an anterior, an intermediate and a posterior lobe. It secretes ...

(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 ...

This case study illustrates Harvey Cushing's pioneering work in pituitary transplantation in ... In the upper and posterior part of the cavity there is a peculiar gelatinous deposit, and in ...