A chronic type of experimental hypertension has been produced in dogs by bilateral sinus area constriction. Hypophysectomy has a prolonged antihypertensive effect in dogs with persistent hypertension resulting from carotid sinus area constriction, while no decrease in mean arterial pressure is seen after hypophysectomy in normotensive control dogs. These findings suggest the possibility that al...

The amino acid content in human hypophyseal growth hormone has been determined by chromatography on resin columns. On the basis of 29,000 for the molecular weight, the empirical formula of the hormone was obtained: lys(13)his(5)arg(14)asp(27) thr(14)ser(23)glu(34)pro(12)gly(13)ala(12)-(1/2 cys)(6)val(12)met(4)-ileu(10)leu(31)tyr(10)phe(15)try(1)(NH(3))(32).

Neuroendocrine complications are among important and frequently missed complications of traumatic brain injury. Hypopituitarism, the partial or complete insufficiency of anterior pituitary secretion may be underrecognized due to its subtle clinical manifestations in traumatic patients. We report a case of 14.5-year-old girl who was admitted due to growth failure and had been diagnosed to have m...

s: 1. Dinesh Lakhanpal and Gurcharan Kaur (2011). Valproic acid mediates disruption in hypothalamo-hypophyseal gonadal axis by upregulating GAD65 and GAD67. A01493 8 th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, International Brain Research Organisation, Florence, Italy. 2. Dinesh Lakhanpal and Gurcharan Kaur (2009). Effect of Chronic Valproic Acid Treatment on neuro-glial plasticity in female rats. ...

A 43-year-old woman with two incidental paraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysms underwent coil embolization of the larger superior hypophyseal aneurysm and 10 weeks later underwent follow-up angiography that showed regression of the smaller, more distal paraclinoid aneurysm. We demonstrate that, although it is a rare occurrence, aneurysms can involute. We discuss potential mechanisms of t...

Cases of sellar involvement of neurocysticercosis (NCC) are rare. Little is known about the mechanisms by which the parasite can compromise the pituitary gland. Although NCC damages sellar structures with direct compression by large cysts, extension through the basal cisterns and third ventricle with focal arachnoiditis can result as an inflammatory response. Evaluation for hypophyseal lesions ...