pituitary gland

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The sun also assists in releasing endorphins, a secretion from the pituitary gland that is correlated with a generally good, energetic feeling.
太陽也可以幫助釋放多肽，多肽是腦下垂體的分泌物，與歡欣愉悅的感覺緊密相關。
The stranger – an endocrinologist – urged Ventura to have tests for acromegaly, a rare disorder involving an excesss of growth hormone, caused by a pituitary gland tumour.
她催促文圖拉去做肢端肥大癥測試。這是涉及到生長激素過量的一種罕見疾病，由腦下垂體腫瘤引起。
The hypothalamus controls hormone secretions from the nearby pituitary gland.
下丘腦控制附近腦下垂體分泌激素。

There he was handed the low-priority task of exploring the basic science of the pituitary gland.
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He read of animals with prolonged pregnancies whose fetuses lacked a pituitary gland.
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Sheller explains that Risperdal stimulated the production of prolacting, which is a hormone released by the pituitary gland that stimulates breast development.
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a small organ at the base of the brain that controls the growth and activity of the body by producing hormones

The pituitary gland or the pituitary is a gland that is attached to the base of the brain. It produces hormones that affect growth, sexual development, and other functions of the body.