It’s only the size of a pea, but the pituitary gland is so important it’s often called the body’s master gland. So when it doesn’t work right, big problems arise.

Details of how the tissue’s interactions produce a pituitary gland are still a bit murky, says Dattani. “We’re beginning to get some idea, but we’re still a long way away. There’s still ...

Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and ...

"This method of generating purified pituitary tissue opens new avenues of research for pituitary regenerative medicine," says study author Hidetaka Suga of Nagoya University.. The pituitary gland ...

Researchers created a mouse pituitary gland from stem cells and successfully transplanted it into mice. The step could someday lead to the creation of complex organs such as the heart.

Recently, researchers have found that prolactin is also produced by some tissues outside the brain, however little is known about the functions of extra-pituitary prolactin or how its production ...

The pituitary gland is the master regulator of hormone production in the body, releasing hormones that play a key role in bone and tissue growth, metabolism, reproductive functions, and the stress ...

Located within the tissues of the pituitary gland (a pea-sized organ in the center of the brain), a pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth that can cause the body to make too few or too many hormones.

WebMD tells you what you need to know about a prolactinoma, a type of pituitary gland tumor that can cause missed periods, low sex drive, vision problems, and more.

Pituitary tumours that don’t make hormones. Pituitary tumours that don't make hormones are usually larger than tumours that produce hormones. They can press on the nearby optic nerve and cause changes ...

Because the 3D pituitaries receive steroid feedback through systemic circulation, there is a low risk of Cushing’s disease -- a condition in which the pituitary gland releases too much ACTH.