Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
"Pituitary Gland, Intermediate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).
MeSH Number(s)
A06.407.747.750
A06.688.357.750.750
A08.186.211.730.317.357.352.435.500.750
A08.713.357.750.750
Concept/Terms
Pituitary Gland, Intermediate- Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
- Intermediate Pituitary Gland
- Intermediate Pituitary Glands
- Pars Intermedia of Pituitary
- Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary
- Pituitary Intermediate Lobe
- Pituitary Pars Intermedia
- Pars Intermedia, Pituitary
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary Gland, Intermediate" by people in Profiles.
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Initial analytic quality assessment and method comparison of an immunoassay for adrenocorticotropic hormone measurement in equine samples. Vet Clin Pathol. 2016 Mar; 45(1):154-63.
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Graded hedgehog and fibroblast growth factor signaling independently regulate pituitary cell fates and help establish the pars distalis and pars intermedia of the zebrafish adenohypophysis. Endocrinology. 2008 Sep; 149(9):4435-51.