A study investigated pituitary dwarfism in Karelian Bear Dogs and found a link to a variant of the POU1F1 gene. The results can also help understand the gene's significance to the human pituitary ...

Development of the anterior pituitary gland, from a common primordium in the roof of the embryonic mouth into an organ comprising multiple distinct endocrine cell types, is described by two University ...

Your pituitary is a small gland at the base of your brain. Pituitary disorders develop because of problems with your pituitary gland. A growth (tumor) in or near the pituitary often causes these ...

"[The study] findings could assist clinicians in better informing patients about their individual risk and in guiding personalized PA [pituitary adenoma] screening strategies," the authors wrote. This ...

Hypopituitarism is a rare disorder of the endocrine system, which is responsible for hormone production. The condition develops when the pituitary gland does not make enough hormones. Hypopituitarism ...

Pituitary adenomas are the most common pituitary tumors. They’re usually noncancerous and grow slowly. Some rarer tumors, such as pituitary carcinoma, can spread quickly. Your pituitary gland is a ...

A pituitary tumor is an irregular mass on your pituitary gland (the small gland inside your skull that regulates hormones). A tumor that grows can press on your pituitary gland and change your hormone ...

The pituitary gland is a pea-sized endocrine gland composed of two structurally and functionally separate parts known as anterior and posterior lobes. The pituitary gland's anterior lobe secretes six ...