Pituitary Gland, Posterior
"Pituitary Gland, Posterior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Neural tissue of the pituitary gland, also known as the neurohypophysis. It consists of the distal AXONS of neurons that produce VASOPRESSIN and OXYTOCIN in the SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS and the PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS. These axons travel down through the MEDIAN EMINENCE, the hypothalamic infundibulum of the PITUITARY STALK, to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
| Descriptor ID |
D010904
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.747.875 A06.688.178.875 A06.688.357.750.875 A08.186.211.464.497.352.435.500.875 A08.186.211.730.317.357.352.435.500.875 A08.713.049.875 A08.713.357.750.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Pituitary Gland, Posterior- Pituitary Gland, Posterior
- Gland, Posterior Pituitary
- Posterior Pituitary Gland
- Posterior Pituitary Glands
- Infundibular Process
- Infundibular Processes
- Process, Infundibular
- Processes, Infundibular
- Pars Nervosa of Pituitary
- Pituitary Pars Nervosa
- Neural Lobe
- Lobe, Neural
- Lobes, Neural
- Neural Lobes
- Neurohypophysis
- Posterior Lobe of Pituitary
- Pituitary Posterior Lobe
- Lobus Nervosus
- Nervosus, Lobus
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary Gland, Posterior" by people in Profiles.
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Oestrogens down-regulate type I but not type II adrenal corticoid receptors in rat anterior pituitary. J Steroid Biochem. 1990 May; 35(6):671-7.
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Changes in hypothalamic and pituitary content of immunoreactive alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone during the gestational and postpartum periods in the rat. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1984 Nov; 177(2):318-26.
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Partial characterization of immunoreactive substance P in the rat pituitary gland. Life Sci. 1984 Jan 16; 34(3):225-38.