The posterior pituitary is the smaller of two lobes that make up your pituitary gland. It secretes vasopressin and oxytocin into your bloodstream — hormones that play a role in water balance, ...

Two physiologic mechanisms control the release of ADH from the posterior pituitary gland. [5] First, an increase in serum osmolality stimulates osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus, which causes the ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 81, No. 8, [Part 1: Biological Sciences] (Apr. 15, 1984), pp. 2572-2576 (5 pages) A specific antiserum against ...

April 28, 2003 -- The benefits of deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be extended to two more conditions that are not adequately treated medically, according to two oral presentations at the American ...

Your endocrine system controls all of your hormones. It’s made up of many different glands, including the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (including the anterior pituitary) plays a significant ...