MeSH definition : A collection of NEURONS, tracts of NERVE FIBERS, endocrine tissue, and blood vessels
in the HYPOTHALAMUS and the PITUITARY GLAND. This hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal circulation
provides the mechanism for hypothalamic neuroendocrine (HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES) regulation
of pituitary function and the release of various PITUITARY HORMONES into the systemic
circulation to maintain HOMEOSTASIS.;
Related MeSH term : Hypothalamo Pituitary Adrenal Axis;
MeSH annotation : hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: coordinate HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM PITUITARY-ADRENAL
SYSTEM; emphasis here is on interrelation between hypothalamus & pituitary: do not
use as a substitute for HYPOTHALAMUS & PITUITARY GLAND as entities; diseases: coordinate
IM with HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES (IM); emphasis is on interrelation between hypothalamus & pituitary: do not use as a substitute
for HYPOTHALAMUS & PITUITARY GLAND as entities; diseases: coordinate with HYPOTHALAMIC
DISEASES;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamo-hypophyseal system;
A collection of NEURONS, tracts of NERVE FIBERS, endocrine tissue, and blood vessels
in the HYPOTHALAMUS and the PITUITARY GLAND. This hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal circulation
provides the mechanism for hypothalamic neuroendocrine (HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES) regulation
of pituitary function and the release of various PITUITARY HORMONES into the systemic
circulation to maintain HOMEOSTASIS.