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Pituitary metastases as a rare variant of intracranial metastasis

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2008
Metastatiс spread of neoplasms to the pituitary gland is a relatively common finding in autopsy series of cancer patients. The majority of these patients were asymptomatic.
A. V. Osnitskaya, V. Ye. Olyushin
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Virus Injection to the Pituitary via Transsphenoidal Approach and the Innervation of Anterior and Posterior Pituitary of Rat

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
The theory holds that the anterior pituitary in mammals receives humoral regulation. Previous studies have reported that the pars distalis of the anterior pituitary of several mammalian species contains substance P-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)
Xiaohui Li, Shanchun Su, Haiwen Zhao, Yang Li, Xueqin Xu, Yan Gao, Dongsheng Sun, Zeyong Yang, Weilin Jin, Changbin Ke   +9 more
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Metastases to the pituitary gland [PDF]

Neurosurgical Focus, 2004
Only 1% of all pituitary surgeries are performed to treat tumors that have metastasized to the pituitary gland; however, in certain cases of malignant neoplasms pituitary metastases do occur. Breast and lung cancers are the most common diseases that metastasize to the pituitary.
Daniel R, Fassett, William T, Couldwell
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The forkhead transcription factor, Foxd1, is necessary for pituitary luteinizing hormone expression in mice.

PLoS ONE, 2012
The pituitary gland regulates numerous physiological functions including growth, reproduction, temperature and metabolic homeostasis, lactation, and response to stress.
Jason H Gumbel, Elizabeth M Patterson, Sarah A Owusu, Brock E Kabat, Deborah O Jung, Jasmine Simmons, Torin Hopkins, Buffy S Ellsworth   +7 more
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MRI Evaluation of Size and Shape of Normal Pituitary Gland: Age and Sex Related Changes [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: For complete assessment of pituitary gland, we should be aware of its normal anatomy with the physiological variations in its size and shape in different age groups in both males and females.
Pratiksha Yadav, Shubham Singhal, Surbhi Chauhan, Saumya Harit   +3 more
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Pituitary gland imaging - review of the literature

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021
Introduction: is an endocrine gland located upon the hypophysial fossa of the sphenoid bone in the center of the middle cranial fossa and is surrounded by a small bony cavity (sella turcica).
Izabela Dąbrowska, Joanna Szydełko, Andrzej Wolski   +2 more
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The evaluation of morphometric characteristics of the pituitary gland and its adjacent tissues to elaborate a dosimetric model

Радиационная гигиена
The pituitary gland exposure can lead to increase the risk of hormone-dependent cancers, such as breast cancer. The pituitary gland is located in the pituitary fossa of the sphenoid bone and can be exposed due to bone-seeking radionuclides such as 90Sr ...
P. A. Sharagin, E. I. Tolstykh, E. A. Shishkina   +2 more
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Morphometric analysis of pituitary gland using magnetic resonance imaging in Indian subjects

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Before the advent of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the radiological assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary region relied on plain radiographs and computed tomography scans.
Krishna GK , Harini Bopaiah , Anil Kumar Sakalecha , Lynn Joy   +3 more
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The Role of Adipokines in the Control of Pituitary Functions

Animals
The pituitary gland is a key endocrine gland in all classes of vertebrates, including mammals. The pituitary gland is an important component of hypothalamus–pituitary–target organ hormonal regulatory axes and forms a functional link between the nervous ...
Barbara Kaminska, Beata Kurowicka, Marta Kiezun, Kamil Dobrzyn, Katarzyna Kisielewska, Marlena Gudelska, Grzegorz Kopij, Karolina Szymanska, Barbara Zarzecka, Oguzhan Koker, Ewa Zaobidna, Nina Smolinska, Tadeusz Kaminski   +12 more
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THE PITUITARY GLAND IN EPILEPTICS [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1914
It seems probable that the time is past when we can group as due to a single cause or group of causes the numerous nosological types which in the past we called epilepsy, but which to-day we call the epilepsies, or epileptic syndromes. Our efforts, if they are to be ultimately profitable, must now be directed to the clinical study of the disease and to
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