ea0031yep1.2 | Young endocrinologists' prize lectures | SFEBES2013
Gaston-Massuet Carles
, McCabe Mark
, Wu Chun-I
, Gharavy S. Neda Mousavy
, Koniordou Markella
, Merrill Bradley J
, Dattani Mehul
, Martinez-Barbera Juan Pedro
The pituitary gland, is a small midline organ situated at the base of the brain, that acts as a master regulator of multiple physiological functions: such as growth, puberty, metabolism, stress response, reproduction and lactation. The pituitary gland is composed of three lobes: the anterior and intermediate, which form the anterior pituitary (AP and contains hormone producing cells), and the posterior lobe which constitutes the posterior pituitary (PP contains axonal inputs)....