The anterior pituitary gland contributes to growth, metabolism, and sexual development.

These hormones travel through the blood vessels to the anterior pituitary gland of the brain.

There turned out, not surprisingly, to be several different hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland which affected sexual development.

In the anterior pituitary gland, the effects of somatostatin are:

LH is a protein hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

It is synthesized and secreted by gonadotrophs of the anterior pituitary gland.

Mastoporan activity in the anterior pituitary gland leads to prolactin release.

The hormone is produced by the body's anterior pituitary gland and plays a major role in growth and metabolism.

Ghrelin is a potent stimulator of growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland.

Finally trauma activates the anterior pituitary gland to release MIF.

FOXE1 is expressed transiently in the developing thyroid and the anterior pituitary gland.

Dopamine released at this site regulates the secretion of prolactin from the anterior pituitary gland.

Hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland is regulated by hormones secreted by the hypothalamus.

Prolactin cell are acidophilic by H&E stains and comprise about 20% of all cells in the anterior pituitary gland.

Somatostatin is then carried to the anterior pituitary gland, where it inhibits the secretion of growth hormone from somatotrope cells.

The blood vessels carry the peptides to the anterior pituitary gland, where they regulate the secretion of hormones into the systemic circulation.

Acromegaly is a syndrome that results when the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH).

At this site, these neurons can release substances into small blood vessels that travel directly to the anterior pituitary gland (the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vessels).

Prolactin is a peptide hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland primarily associated with lactation and plays a vital role in breast development during pregnancy.

Three hormones (usually synthetic analogues) are injected as a bolus into the patient's vein to stimulate the anterior pituitary gland:

Growth hormone is made in the anterior pituitary gland, is released into the blood stream, and then stimulates the liver to produce IGF-1.

This cycle involves several phases that are controlled by the interactions of hormones secreted by the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary gland, and ovaries.

Evidence indicates glutamine, when orally loaded, may increase plasma HGH levels by stimulating the anterior pituitary gland.

If there is an excess of growth hormone it is usually because of over-secretion of somatotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland.

GnRH is secreted by the hypothalamus in pulses and travels to the anterior pituitary gland through a portal venous system.