The pituitary gland is called the master gland because from the pituitary gland we make hormones that work on yet other organs.

So, I'll give you an example, one of the hormones made by the pituitary is called the thyroid stimulating hormone, or the TSH.

Well, there are two other hormones that are derived from the anterior pituitary, and those are the Growth Hormone (GH) which is critical for optimal growth (e.g., of long bones)

These hormones are similar to hormones that we have in our bodies.

And those three hormones are the main hormones made by the adrenal cortex.

But the ultimate regulation is from that pituitary gland.

S Pituitary really does do a whole lot X.X

Drugs that block the effects of dopamine at the pituitary or deplete dopamine stores in the brain may cause the pituitary to secrete prolactin.

But there are others that are called paracrine hormones, and paracrine hormones are more regionally active,

S So all hormones are in endocrinology, the endocrine hormones are those working at far distances.

N Insulin is key, but it doesn't come from the pituitary.

They are hormones, in some respects.

How about these hormones or resveratrol?

So what kind of hormones are these?

There's lots of hormones. There's testosterone, adrenalin.

And the reason is that these hormones,

And the reason is that these hormones, like the insulin and the IGF hormones and the TOR pathway, they're essential.

So, it's critical to maintain just the right amount of all of these hormones, and thyroid hormones is a good example.

Because maintaining a pregnancy is dependent on hormones.

Youngsters with raging hormones. Something to do without.

And that's really mediated by the sex hormones.

I was a live wire of nervous hormones.

Those are the two main circulating thyroid hormones.

The before and after effect of taking hormones.

It gives rise to the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis), a part of the endocrine system.

N Also out of the pituitary we make luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone.

Smiling can help reduce the level of stress enhancing hormones

A young mistress' hormones can temporarily revive an old man.

Why should he? He's a doctor. Probably gets free hormones.

If you're to advertise hormones, you have to look young.

Hypothalamus in the midbrain, pituitary gland nestled close by, thyroid, here, pancreas, here, adrenals, here, ovaries, here.

That is until the eighth week when the hormones start pumping.

Smiling can help reduce the level of stress enhancing hormones like cortisol, adrenaline and dopamine, increase the level of mood enhancing hormones like endorphin and reduce overall blood pressure.

Hormone are the law of the land. No hormones means no milk.

Whereas hormones are more like the Wi Fi of the human body

It turns out that my father was an M.D., actually studied hormones.

Bonds is widely believed to have been helped by drugs and synthetic hormones.

So BPA mimics the body's own hormones and causes neurological and reproductive problems.

We can't keep feeding our kids pesticides and herbicides and antibiotics and hormones.

like the insulin and the IGF hormones and the TOR pathway, they're essential.

Aha! Yes they could, but they're missing the proper hormones to do so.

In 1985, biosynthetic human growth hormone replaced pituitary derived human growth hormone for therapeutic use in the U.S. and elsewhere.

And the other thing is, when we talk about hormones, is the three subcategories, we call some of them 'endocrine' hormones, where they get in the bloodstream and work at a far distance.

The other hormones, some of the major ones, the pituitary, in addition to making TSH, it makes a hormone called ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, which acts on the adrenal cortex, and the adrenal is the gland that sits right on top of the kidney, and the outer layers of the adrenal gland are the adrenal cortex, and those are stimulated by ACTH.

N That's right. And we'll talk later about feedback loops, because how does the pituitary know when to stop making TSH?