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This information is about tumours of the pituitary gland. Although pituitary tumours..., although you may still wish to read it.
The pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is a small oval-shaped gland... 
from the ovaries as a guide to its stimulation of the pituitary gland to secrete FSH. The concentration of FSH...
FSH is the abbreviated name for follicle stimulating hormone. It is made in the pituitary... 
endocrine glands are the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries, and testicles... of other hormones.
The pituitary gland has been referred to as the "master gland" since it secretes more kinds...
the glands which were derived from dead bodies. A total of 171,091 pituitary glands were collected... pituitary glands until the beginning of the 1960s. In the Netherlands growth hormone extraction started... 
(GnRH). This GnRH acts on special cells called gonodotrophs present in the anterior pituitary gland... decreases the secretion of FSH from the pituitary gland. Follicles with fewer FSH receptors fail to grow...
, a biochemical feedback is sent on the pituitary gland. As being a result, the pituitary gland secretes... health with the female. The pituitary gland secretes additional FSH as it is trying to activate...
” the pituitary gland and induce it to release its store of FSH and LH. Simultaneously, gonadotropins are started... medication, which almost instantaneously prevents the pituitary gland from generating an LH surge...
What is a prolactinoma?
A prolactinoma is a benign tumour of the pituitary gland..., prolactin levels rise to maintain milk production.
What is the pituitary gland?
The pituitary gland...
A hormone produced by the pituitary gland may play a role in bone loss in postmenopausal women... of the hormone, pituitary-derived follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), caused an increase in bone loss in mice... 
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