is called the posterior lobe. The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland contains several types of cells that produce different hormones responsible for regulating other glands throughout the body.

Oxytocin Oxytocin Oxytocin is a posterior pituitary hormone ... stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin by the anterior pituitary. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (also ...

(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 ...