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The Pars Tuberalis: The Missing Link in the Photoperiodic Regulation of Prolactin Secretion?
Author(s) -
Hiram Morgan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of neuroendocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1365-2826
pISSN - 0953-8194
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00459.x
Subject(s) - pars tuberalis , prolactin , secretion , endocrinology , medicine , endocrine system , biology , pituitary gland , function (biology) , median eminence , prolactin cell , hypothalamus , microbiology and biotechnology , hormone
The endocrine function of the pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland has been an enigma for many years. Recent work suggests that one of its primary functions in seasonal mammals is to mediate photoperiodically regulated changes in prolactin secretion via an unidentified factor called tuberalin.