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SUBMITTER: Veldhuis JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3920108 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature reviews. Endocrinology 20130226 4
The pituitary gland has a role in puberty, reproduction, stress-adaptive responses, sodium and water balance, uterine contractions, lactation, thyroid function, growth, body composition and skin pigmentation. Ageing is marked by initially subtle erosion of physiological signalling mechanisms, resulting in lower incremental secretory-burst amplitude, more disorderly patterns of pituitary hormone release and blunted 24 h rhythmic secretion. Almost all pituitary hormones are altered by ageing in hu ...[more]