BACKGROUND We aimed to examine the effct of anti-obsessional drugs on pituitary gland volumes in the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS A group of patients with OCD and of healthy controls were evaluated by using pituitary gland magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline and after twelve weeks of treatment with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors or...

AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 belong to a novel class of transmembrane receptors that mediate the effects of adiponectin. We have cloned the chicken AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 complementary deoxyribonucleic acids (cDNA) and determined their expression in various tissues. We also investigated the effect of feed deprivation on the expression of AdipoR1 or AdipoR2 mRNA in the chicken diencephalon, liver, anterior ...

Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a rare congenital abnormality of the pituitary gland. It associated with either isolated growth hormone deficiency or combined (CPHD). Neonatal PSIS extremely and difficult to diagnose can be life threatening if diagnosed late. In this manuscript, we descripted case neonatal who treated at department ofPediatric Endocrinology atHassan II Universit...

Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.

To identify preferentially expressed genes in the central endocrine organs of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, we generated transcriptome-wide mRNA profiles of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and parietal cortex in male mice (12-15 weeks old) using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Total counts of SAGE tags for the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and parietal cortex were 165824,...

In order to conduct this study, eight adult turkey heads were obtained. Pituitary glands were harvested following cranial bones removal and examined morphologically and anatomically as well as topographically. Then, tissue sections were prepared and stained using Hematoxylin and Eosin, Alcian blue, orange G and periodic acid-Schiff staining techniques. The results showed that turkey pituitary g...

To characterize transcripts abundantly expressed in the human pituitary gland in general as well as to isolate novel transcripts expressed specifically in this gland, we generated an expression profile of the active genes transcribed in it. A total of 1015 randomly collected 3prime prime or minute expressed sequence tags (ESTs) (gene signatures, GSs) were grouped into 527GS species. The results...

Tissue homeostasis results from a balance between cell proliferation and cell death by apoptosis. Estradiol affects proliferation as well as apoptosis in hormone-dependent tissues. In the present study, we investigated the apoptotic response of the anterior pituitary gland to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in cycling female rats, and the influence of estradiol in this response in ovariectomized (OVX)...

Two molecular forms of carbonic anhydrase were identified in the rat anterior pituitary gland. Electrophoretic and immunological studies disclosed that the low activity carbonic anhydrase (type B) was associated with the particulate fraction of the pituitary gland and the high activity carbonic anhydrase (type C) was localized in the soluble fraction. The 800 times g pellet contained 50% of the...

background: reported cases of uncontrolled use of pesticides and its produced effects by direct or indirect exposition, represent a high risk for human health. therefore, in this paper, it is shown the results of the development and execution of an algorithm that predicts the possible effects in endocrine system in fisher 344 (f344) rats, occasioned by ingestion of malathion. methods: it was re...