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Pituitary Stalk

Known as: Infundibulums, Infundibulum (Hypophysis), Hypophyseal Infundibulum 
A hollow, funnel-shaped process of gray matter that connects the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland to the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus.
National Institutes of Health

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Entire hypophysial stalk
Pars tuberalis of pituitary glandPituitary GlandPituitary Stalk Meningioma

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Photoperiodic activation of Fos-like immunoreactive protein in neurones within the tuberal hypothalamus of Japanese quail
Photoperiodic stimulation of quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) resulted in the appearance of a nuclear fos-like protein within… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging in 15 patients with Prop1 gene mutations: pituitary enlargement may originate from the intermediate lobe.
Pituitary morphology in patients with Prop1 gene mutations varies. Most patients demonstrate a normal or small pituitary gland… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of an electric fish (Ateronotus leptorhynchus) identified with monoclonal antibodies
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Septal release of vasopressin in response to osmotic, hypovolemic and electrical stimulation in rats
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Electrophysiological study of paraventricular nucleus neurons projecting to the dorsomedial medulla and their response to baroreceptor stimulation in rats
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Neuronal transport of acid hydrolases and peroxidase within the lysosomal system of organelles: Involvement of agranular reticulum‐like cisterns
Neurosecretory neurons of the hyperosmotically stressed hypothalamo‐neurohypophysial system have been a useful model with which… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Comparative distribution of somatostatin, LH-RH, neurophysin, and alpha-endorphin in the rainbow trout: an immunocytological study.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Neuroectodermal origin of avian hypothalamo-hypophyseal complex: the role of the ventral neural ridge.
Embryonic discs from White Leghorn chick embryos (presomite to 12-omite stages) were examined in serial transverse and… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
The Influence of Blood Glucose on the Plasma Concentration of Growth Hormone
A sensitive and specific assay method has been used to demonstrate acute changes in plasma HCH in normal and diabetic subjects… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Localization of Acetylcholinesterase in the Neurohypophysis and its Functional Implications.∗
  • G. KoelleCornelia N. Geesey
  • Proceedings of the Society for Experimental…
  • 1961
  • Corpus ID: 12135340
Summary Neurohypophyses of 7 cats were stained for AChE activity by AThCh method. In the infundibular stalk, fibers showed light… 
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