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Hypophysectomy

Known as: gland pituitary removal, pituitary gland removal, Hypophysis Excision 
Surgical removal or destruction of the hypophysis, or pituitary gland. (Dorland, 28th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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21 relations
AblationCryohypophysectomy, complete transfrontal approachEducational aspectsEndocrine Glands

Narrower (4)

Craniotomy for hypophysectomy or excision of pituitary tumor, intracranial approachHypophysectomy or excision of pituitary tumor, transnasal or transseptal approach, nonstereotacticPartial excision of pituitary gland, transsphenoidal approachTotal excision of pituitary gland, transsphenoidal approach

Broader (2)

Endocrine Surgical ProceduresExcision

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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Neuropeptide gene expression in hypothalamic magnocellular neurons of normal and hypophysectomized rats: A combined immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Growth hormone regulates the abundance of insulin-like growth factor I RNA in adult rat liver.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Growth hormone (GH) immunoreactivity in the rodent and primate CNS: Distribution, characterization and presence posthypophysectomy
Review
1976
Review
1976
Etiologies of sexual maturation: a model system based on the sexually maturing rat.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Hormonal control of vitellogenesis in hypophysectomized winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus walbaum).
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Rat drinking rhythms: central visual pathways and endocrine factors mediating responsiveness to environmental illumination.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Disappearance rates of endogenous follicle-stimulating hormone in serum following surgical hypophysectomy in man.
ABSTRACT The disappearance rates of endogenous FSH in serum following complete hypophysectomy were determined in 5 patients… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Specific action of prolactin on plasma sodium levels in hypophysectomized Poecilia latipinna (Teleostei).
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Plasma growth hormone concentration in the rat determined by radioimmunoassay: influence of sex, pregnancy, lactation, anesthesia, hypophysectomy and extrasellar pituitary transplants.
A radioimmunoassay for rat growth hormone capable of measuring levels in plasma is described in detail. Several experimental… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Hypophysectomy in Man*
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