The hypothalamus receives signals from other areas of the brain and responds by secreting both releasing and inhibiting hormones. These hormones signal the pituitary gland to direct the functions ...

The posterior pituitary gland, which extends from axonal projections originating from the hypothalamus, secretes both oxytocin and anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin 2. The hypothalamic ...

Although shaped and sized like an almond, there are nuclei within the hypothalamus that are involved in many different functions. The cells in the two major nuclei secrete vasopressin (ADH ...

This article, the second in an eight-part series, looks at the hypothalamus and pituitary gland The endocrine system consists of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and ...

The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing factor, which acts on the anterior pituitary, where it stimulates the secretion of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). The adrenal glands are stimulated ...

These cues did not come out of thin air—they are the work of an almond-sized region in the brain called the hypothalamus. This area of the brain, despite its tiny size, has an enormous job in ...

It produces a hormone instructing the pituitary gland to secrete two essential hormones: luteinizing (LH) and ...

This tiny gland secretes hormones that control a woman’s ovaries, adrenal and thyroid glands. The actions of the pituitary gland are monitored by the area of the brain called the hypothalamus.

Teams at UCLA and Stanford studied preserved brains from narcoleptics and independently found that all were missing cells from the hypothalamus that secrete a hormone called hypocretin.