"Pituitary Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 10; 99:31-39.
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Etiology, prognosis, and management of secondary pituitary abscesses forming in underlying pituitary adenomas. J Neurooncol. 2014 May; 117(3):469-76.
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Cocaine place conditioning increases pro-opiomelanocortin gene expression in rat hypothalamus. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Nov 14; 530(1):59-63.
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Headache, pituitary lesion and panhypopituitarism in a pregnant woman: tumor, apoplexy or hypophysitis? Am J Med Sci. 2011 Sep; 342(3):247-9.
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Aromatase inhibition causes increased amplitude, but not frequency, of hypothalamic-pituitary output in normal women. Fertil Steril. 2011 May; 95(6):2063-6.
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Individual differences in reactivity to social stress predict susceptibility and resilience to a depressive phenotype: role of corticotropin-releasing factor. Endocrinology. 2010 Apr; 151(4):1795-805.
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Cold pressor task reactivity: predictors of alcohol use among alcohol-dependent individuals with and without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 Jun; 30(6):938-46.
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Congenital pathology of the pituitary gland and parasellar region. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Jul; 16(4):269-76.
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Rac and Rho mediate opposing hormonal regulation of the ether-a-go-go-related potassium channel. Curr Biol. 2002 Jan 08; 12(1):27-33.
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Suprasellar monomorphous pilomyxoid neoplasm: an ultastructural analysis. Clin Neuropathol. 2001 Nov-Dec; 20(6):256-62.