Pituitary hormone

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

beta lipotropin

Broader Terms

peptide hormone

Narrower Terms

adrenocorticotropic hormone, gonadotropin, melanocyte stimulating hormone, neurohypophyseal hormone, proopiomelanocortin, somatotropin, thyrotropin

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Sometimes only one pituitary hormone is missing.
• Pituitary Stimulation Tests A stimulation test is usually performed when a deficiency of a pituitary hormone is suspected.
• Basically, the release of each anterior pituitary hormone is controlled by one or more hormones from the hypothalamus that are carried down to the anterior pituitary by the portal system.
• The other posterior pituitary hormone is oxytocin, which causes the contraction of the smooth muscles in the uterus, intestines, and blood arterioles.
• If other pituitary hormones are lacking, the condition is called hypopituitarism.
• Pituitary Hormone Implicated In Bone Loss After Menopause New evidence in the April 21, 2006 Cell challenges the long-standing notion that declining estrogen levels alone lead to osteoporosis after women go through menopause.
• The tumor may overproduce one or more pituitary hormones; it may press on the normal pituitary cells, causing underproduction of one or more pituitary hormones; or it may cause enlargement of the pituitary gland, with or without disturbing hormone production.

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