The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. It makes several different hormones, including one called prolactin. Prolactin affects the mammary glands and helps women make ...

Thyroid stimulating hormone TRH Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin by the anterior pituitary. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (also ...

Familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA ... seen in FIPA and virtually all families have at least one member with a prolactinoma or somatotropinoma. Mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor ...

The anterior part of the pituitary gland has 5 different cell types and adenomas can develop from each of the cells types: growth hormone cells, prolactin cells, ACTH cells, LH & FSH cells and TSH ...

which inhibits prolactin secretion from the anterior pituitary gland, has been shown to have beneficial effects on SLE disease activity in clinical trials.