The pituitary gland is an endocrine ... which is composed of an anterior, an intermediate and a posterior lobe. It secretes pivotal hormones such as growth hormone, TSH, ACTH and prolactin ...
The frontal, or anterior lobe, which releases six ... to facilitate the release of oxytocin and vasopressin hormones from the posterior pituitary lobe. "Our finding was a surprise—in addition ...
(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...