 Pituitary Gland
"Pituitary Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D010902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.747 A06.688.357.750 A08.186.211.464.497.352.435.500 A08.186.211.730.317.357.352.435.500 A08.713.357.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Pituitary Gland- Pituitary Gland
- Gland, Pituitary
- Glands, Pituitary
- Pituitary Glands
- Hypophysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Hypophysis
- Cerebrus, Hypophysis
- Hypophysis Cerebrus
- Hypophysis
- Hypophyses
Pituitary Stalk- Pituitary Stalk
- Pituitary Stalks
- Infundibulum (Hypophysis)
- Hypophyseal Infundibulum
- Hypophyseal Stalk
- Hypophyseal Stalks
- Stalk, Hypophyseal
- Stalks, Hypophyseal
- Infundibular Stalk
- Infundibular Stalks
- Stalk, Infundibular
- Stalks, Infundibular
- Infundibular Stem
- Infundibulum, Hypophyseal
- Infundibulum
- Infundibulums
- Hypothalamus, Infundibular
- Infundibular Hypothalamus
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Chaudhry S, Chaudhry S, Qureshi T, Batra PS. Evolution of sinonasal symptoms and mucosal healing after minimally invasive pituitary surgery. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2017 Mar 01; 31(2):117-121.
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Tan LA, Kasliwal MK, Harbhajanka A, Kellogg RG, Arvanitis LD, Munoz LF. Hyperdense suprasellar mass: An unusual radiological presentation of intracranial dermoid cyst. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Jul; 22(7):1208-10.
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Al-Fakhouri A, Manadan A, Gan J, Sreih AG. Central diabetes insipidus as the presenting symptom of granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Apr; 20(3):151-4.
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Fonseca TL, Correa-Medina M, Campos MP, Wittmann G, Werneck-de-Castro JP, Arrojo e Drigo R, Mora-Garzon M, Ueta CB, Caicedo A, Fekete C, Gereben B, Lechan RM, Bianco AC. Coordination of hypothalamic and pituitary T3 production regulates TSH expression. J Clin Invest. 2013 Apr; 123(4):1492-500.
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Marsh JC, Garg S, Wendt JA, Gielda BT, Turian JV, Herskovic AM. Intracranial metastatic disease rarely involves the pituitary: retrospective analysis of 935 metastases in 155 patients and review of the literature. Pituitary. 2010 Sep; 13(3):260-5.
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Khodr CE, Clark SM, Hurley DL, Phelps CJ. Long-term, homologous prolactin, administered through ectopic pituitary grafts, induces hypothalamic dopamine neuron differentiation in adult Snell dwarf mice. Endocrinology. 2008 Apr; 149(4):2010-8.
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Bianco AC, Ribich S, Kim BW. An inside job. Endocrinology. 2007 Jul; 148(7):3077-9.
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Christoffolete MA, Ribeiro R, Singru P, Fekete C, da Silva WS, Gordon DF, Huang SA, Crescenzi A, Harney JW, Ridgway EC, Larsen PR, Lechan RM, Bianco AC. Atypical expression of type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in thyrotrophs explains the thyroxine-mediated pituitary thyrotropin feedback mechanism. Endocrinology. 2006 Apr; 147(4):1735-43.
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Sharma V, Hays WR, Wood WM, Pugazhenthi U, St Germain DL, Bianco AC, Krezel W, Chambon P, Haugen BR. Effects of rexinoids on thyrotrope function and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. Endocrinology. 2006 Mar; 147(3):1438-51.
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Ren JC, Banan A, Keshavarzian A, Zhu Q, Lapaglia N, McNulty J, Emanuele NV, Emanuele MA. Exposure to ethanol induces oxidative damage in the pituitary gland. Alcohol. 2005 Feb; 35(2):91-101.
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