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- The '''posterior pituitary''' gland at the base of the brain is the source of the hormones [[vasopress ...ncentrations of the hormones in the circulation for over 30 days. Thus the posterior pituitary gland is a massive store of these hormones. However under conditions of hig4 KB (628 words) - 04:37, 22 July 2011
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- #REDIRECT [[posterior pituitary]]33 bytes (3 words) - 18:23, 1 February 2008
- #REDIRECT [[posterior pituitary]]33 bytes (3 words) - 18:22, 1 February 2008
- (1872 - 1967) Physiologist who first described ''Herring bodies'' in the posterior pituitary gland.135 bytes (15 words) - 09:49, 29 June 2010
- ...cytic glial cells that constitute the principal cell type intrinsic to the posterior pituitary gland.142 bytes (18 words) - 09:06, 8 April 2010
- {{r|posterior pituitary}}845 bytes (99 words) - 10:21, 8 August 2011
- ...cleus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that projects to the posterior pituitary gland.185 bytes (23 words) - 17:10, 21 February 2009
- {{r|posterior pituitary gland}}180 bytes (21 words) - 10:23, 8 August 2011
- A mammalian hormone that is secreted into the bloodstream from the posterior pituitary gland, and which is also released into the brain where it has effects on so213 bytes (32 words) - 06:18, 23 September 2008
- ...hypothalamus of magnocellular neurosecretory neurones that project to the posterior pituitary gland, and which secrete the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin214 bytes (27 words) - 07:28, 1 October 2008
- ==Posterior pituitary==2 KB (295 words) - 10:18, 30 May 2009
- {{r|Oxytocin}} produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary ...tidiuretic hormone]], ADH), produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary1 KB (175 words) - 08:13, 8 November 2010
- ...antidiuretic hormone, ADH), produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary that causes [[kidney]]s to concentrate urine to conserve water, also cause325 bytes (40 words) - 09:32, 4 March 2010
- ...ge swellings in the axons of the neurosecretory neurons that innervate the posterior pituitary gland, that are the sites of autophagic degradation of aged neurosecretory223 bytes (30 words) - 11:35, 7 April 2010
- {{r|posterior pituitary}}880 bytes (100 words) - 16:57, 21 February 2009
- ...o the [[optic chiasm]] and rostral to the neural stalk that connects the [[posterior pituitary gland]] to the [[hypothalamus]]. ...[[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]] that project to the posterior pituitary. The external zone contains the convoluted blood vessels of the hypothalamo3 KB (388 words) - 11:12, 2 May 2009
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- {{r|posterior pituitary gland}}272 bytes (28 words) - 15:14, 23 February 2009
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- {{r|posterior pituitary gland}}356 bytes (38 words) - 15:17, 23 February 2009
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- The '''posterior pituitary''' gland at the base of the brain is the source of the hormones [[vasopress ...ncentrations of the hormones in the circulation for over 30 days. Thus the posterior pituitary gland is a massive store of these hormones. However under conditions of hig4 KB (628 words) - 04:37, 22 July 2011
- ...g the horse, vasopressin secreted into the systemic circulation from the [[posterior pituitary gland]] is also an important regulator of ACTH secretion. The corticotrophs1 KB (146 words) - 11:58, 14 November 2010
- {{r|posterior pituitary gland}}511 bytes (57 words) - 14:48, 21 September 2020
- ...systemic concentrations of vasopressin resulting from secretion from the [[posterior pituitary gland]] can be significant influences on ACTH secretion.3 KB (432 words) - 10:37, 21 December 2010
- ...thalamo-hypophysial portal circulation. By contrast, the hormones of the [[posterior pituitary]] gland ([[oxytocin]] and [[vasopressin]])are secreted into the systemic ci3 KB (353 words) - 05:52, 15 December 2010
- ...tains [[magnocellular neurosecretory cell]]s whose axons extend into the [[posterior pituitary]], parvocellular neurosecretory cells that project to the median eminence, ...d down the axons and released from neurosecretory nerve terminals in the [[posterior pituitary gland]]. Similar magnocellular neurones are found in the [[supraoptic nucle5 KB (692 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...swellings in the axons of the neurosecretory neurons that innervate the [[posterior pituitary]] gland. They are named after Percy Theodore Herring (1872-1967), who first ...s]], and transported down the neuronal axons to their storage sites in the posterior pituitary. When newly formed vesicles first arrive at the pituitary gland, they are f5 KB (759 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...em'' 191:21-8 PMID 14850440</ref><ref>du Vigneaud V (1954) Hormones of the posterior pituitary gland: oxytocin and vasopressin ''Harvey Lect'' 50:1-26 PMID 13306033</ref>2 KB (368 words) - 16:47, 27 January 2023
- ...cific receptors for them. For example, [[oxytocin]] is released from the [[posterior pituitary]] gland of the mother when an infant is suckling at the breast; oxytocin ac ...wth hormone]], which acts on [[bone]], [[muscle]] and the [[liver]]. The [[posterior pituitary]] gland secretes [[antidiuretic hormone]], also called vasopressin, and [[o4 KB (595 words) - 08:21, 8 November 2010
- ...e to hypo-osmotic challenge <ref>Miyata S ''et al.'' (1997) Taurine in rat posterior pituitary: localization in astrocytes and selective release by hypoosmotic stimulatio Pituicytes are the principal cell type intrinsic to the posterior pituitary gland, making up 25-30% of the volume of the gland. Most express [[glial fi5 KB (722 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...on the role of hormones, and in particular in how the brain, through the [[posterior pituitary gland]], controls the balance of water in the body by the production and se3 KB (536 words) - 14:51, 31 July 2010
- ...sopressin is mainly present in magnocellular neurones which project to the posterior pituitary, CRH is present in parvocellular neurones which project to the external lay7 KB (913 words) - 13:50, 26 January 2011
- ...t is synthesized in hypothalamic neurons and transported down axons of the posterior pituitary for secretion into blood' (from on-line textbook, ''Pathophysiology of the3 KB (397 words) - 02:31, 6 September 2013
- ...arts of the cell but especially to the neurosecretory nerve endings in the posterior pituitary gland. During transport, the precursor molecule is cleaved to yield a signa ...n these cases, the vasopressin that has these effects is released from the posterior pituitary gland, by the nerve endings of magnocellular neuroendocrine cells. The same8 KB (1,118 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...thalamo-hypophysial portal circulation. By contrast, the hormones of the [[posterior pituitary]] gland ([[oxytocin]] and [[vasopressin]])are secreted into the systemic ci [[Oxytocin]] and [[vasopressin]], the two [[peptide hormone]]s of the [[posterior pituitary gland]] (the "neurohypophysis"), are secreted into the systemic circulation10 KB (1,468 words) - 09:47, 8 August 2011
- Two of these sites, the ''[[median eminence]]'' and the ''[[posterior pituitary]] gland'', are sites of [[neurosecretion]]: neuroendocrine neurons whose c3 KB (389 words) - 09:41, 23 February 2009
- ...arly every) neuron in the nucleus has one long axon that projects to the [[posterior pituitary gland]], where it gives rise to about 2,000 neurosecretory nerve terminals. ...-40. PMID 469785</ref> by studying vasopressin secretion from the isolated posterior pituitary gland ''in vitro''. Vasopressin secretion could be evoked by electrical sti14 KB (1,974 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2019
- ...timated 10,000- 19,000 magnocellular neurosecretory cells project to the [[posterior pituitary]] gland, half of which contain vasopressin and half oxytocin. Each supraopt ...tuitary with few if any collateral branches. Each axon when it reaches the posterior pituitary, gives rise to about 2,000 neurosecretory terminals and about 400 large axo11 KB (1,560 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...nucleus; all of these neurons are neuroendocrine cells that project to the posterior pituitary gland, but the functions of oxytocin and vasopressin are very different - o ..., contains [[oxytocin]] and [[vasopressin]] neurons which project to the [[posterior pituitary]], but also contains other neurons that regulate [[ACTH]] and [[TSH]] secre16 KB (2,283 words) - 09:06, 15 March 2011
- ...nucleus and the neurones, and between the glial cells (pituicytes) in the posterior pituitary and the neurosecretory nerve endings there; two classic papers published wi8 KB (1,170 words) - 12:59, 22 June 2023
- 4 KB (506 words) - 09:39, 24 July 2011
- ...leus|supraoptic]] nuclei of the [[hypothalamus]], and transported to the [[posterior pituitary|posterior part]] of the [[pituitary gland]] from where it is secreted into Vasopressin is secreted from the posterior pituitary gland in response to reductions in [[blood plasma|plasma]] volume and in re15 KB (1,951 words) - 10:35, 8 August 2011
- ...esire for salt]]. It increases the secretion of [[vasopressin]] from the [[posterior pituitary]] and of [[corticotropin|ACTH]] from the anterior pituitary. It also potent7 KB (972 words) - 00:36, 16 June 2008
- ...[[mammal]]ian [[hormone]] that is secreted into the bloodstream from the [[posterior pituitary]] gland, and that is also released into the [[brain]], where it has effects ...hat project to other parts of the brain and to the [[spinal cord]]. In the posterior pituitary, oxytocin is packaged in large, dense-core vesicles, where it is bound to [24 KB (3,372 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- ...[[mammal]]ian [[hormone]] that is secreted into the bloodstream from the [[posterior pituitary]] gland, and that is also released into the [[brain]], where it has effects ...hat project to other parts of the brain and to the [[spinal cord]]. In the posterior pituitary, oxytocin is packaged in large, dense-core vesicles, where it is bound to [24 KB (3,415 words) - 17:09, 21 March 2024
- Triggered by the hormone [[oxytocin]], produced in the [[posterior pituitary]], irregular contractions are felt during the latent phase of labor. The c9 KB (1,320 words) - 17:18, 4 August 2010