title: Navigating pituitary structure and function - defining a roadmap for hormone secretion.
abstract: The human pituitary gland may be the size of a pea, but it punches well above its weight due to secretion of hormones that regulate essential homeostatic processes ranging from growth to stress. Recent advances in imaging and genetics have allowed large-scale interrogation of pituitary structure and function, and in doing so, have revealed that output relies on its organisation into highly plastic networks.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hodson
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mollard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010907:Pituitary Hormones