Your posterior pituitary stores and releases hormones that play roles in water regulation, milk production, and childbirth, among other things.

Regarding the posterior pituitary gland, two different hormones, namely oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), are stored there. These hormones are secreted depending on the body’s need.

The posterior pituitary does not produce hormones. It stores and secretes hormones produced in the hypothalamus and transmitted to it via the portal vessels that link the two glands.

IN recent years the technic of measuring the pressure in the wedged hepatic vein by means of catheterizing the hepatic vein has been utilized for assessing the level of the portal-vein pressure in ...

While the posterior pituitary doesn’t make its own hormones, it still plays an important part in the endocrine system. The posterior pituitary stores and releases hormones sent by the ...

After an 8-year follow-up, his anterior and posterior pituitary function remain normal and the mass has not grown on repeat magnified and fine-cut MRI imaging of the sella.

The lack of a posterior pituitary bright spot can help to confirm a diagnosis of postoperative diabetes insipidus. The bright spot, however, ...

Pituicytomas develop in the posterior pituitary gland and may cause hormonal problems. Only 174 cases were reported from 1994–2021. Surgery most often treats this type.

The questions arise, whether the posterior pituitary hormone acts directly on the adrenal or indirectly through the depression of the anterior pituitary secretion, ...

Last year, his team showed that Viagra acts in the posterior pituitary by enabling electrical impulses to release more oxytocin. Zhenjie Zhang was the lead author of the current paper, ...