0 a small organ at the base of the brain that controls the growth and activity of the body by producing hormones -- （腦下）垂體
The mammary glands are also controlled by the pituitary gland, so lactation can also be affected.
As its name suggests, it depends upon the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the thyroid gland.
Mastoporan activity in the anterior pituitary gland leads to prolactin release.
Later, he is proven wrong when the team find a tumor on her pituitary gland that causes her inability to lose weight.
Acromegaly often results from a tumor within the pituitary gland that causes excess growth hormone secretion.
His growth resulted from a tumour affecting his pituitary gland.
It is synthesized and secreted by gonadotrophs of the anterior pituitary gland.
Dopamine produced by neurons in the arcuate nucleus is secreted into the hypothalamo-hypophysial blood vessels of the median eminence, which supply the pituitary gland.
