Since adipocytes express specific receptors for pituitary hormones and hypothalamic releasing factors (Table 1), adipose tissue has to be regarded as a fast-acting endocrine gland under the control of ...

The hypothalamus–pituitary–target gland axis has been recognized as a fundamental functional framework of the mammalian endocrine system. The anterior pituitary gland synthesizes and secretes multiple ...

Levels of thyroid hormones in serum are tightly regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (Figure 1). Hypothalamic TSH-releasing hormone (TRH) is secreted mainly from the paraventricular ...

TSH in pars distalis (PD-TSH) is controlled by the hypothalamus -- pituitary gland -- thyroid gland (HPT) axis. The hypothalamus secretes the thyrotropsin-releasing hormone (TRH), which stimulates the ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008;4(12):683-694. Traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lymphocyte hypophysitis, or Sheehan syndrome, any time up to several decades previously, might ...

The thalamus is an area in the middle of your brain. Your hypothalamus sits right underneath your thalamus. "Hypothalamus" is Greek for under (hypo) the thalamus (inner chamber). The thalamus takes in ...

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 ...