Prolactin, a hormone responsible for milk production in mothers, reduces a mother's investment in aggressive behaviors and helps to increase protective behaviors.
Researchers report on how a cluster of neurons in the hippocampus may directly regulate metabolism.
Researchers reveal those with low levels of oxytocin as a result of medical conditions perform worse on empathy tasks.
According to a new study, rats with hypopituitarism received pituitary cell transplants, which promoted normal hormone release.
Researchers have discovered that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, may also help to relieve pain.
Researchers have successfully grown a functioning 3D pituitary-like structure from embryonic stem cells.
Researchers use optogenetics to obtain a better understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying fertility.
A genetic mutation associated with a number of cancers could also be responsible for papillary craniopharyngioma, a rare but debilitating brain tumor, a new study reports.
Women who suffered concussions during their premenstrual phase had a slower recovery and poorer health one month after injury compared to those injured two weeks directly after their period or women taken birth control pills, a new study reports.
Soldiers who suffered TBI as a result of an IED blast are more likely to have pituitary hormone problems than patients with TBI caused by accidents, a new study suggests.
