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Pituitary Gland, Rat

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Endocrine System

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY))

Abstract

The pituitary gland of the rat is located in the midline at the base of the brain on the sella turcica, which is rather flat in this animal. Superiorly, it is connected with the hypothalamus by the stalk. The pituitary gland of the rat is divided into three major anatomical parts: the pars distalis, the pars intermedia, and the pars nervosa. The pars tuberalis, composed of cells resembling those of the pars distalis, is present around the stalk up to the hypothalamus.

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  1. R. Yoshiyuki Osamura
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Emeritus Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000, Hannover 61, West Germany

    Ulrich Mohr

  3. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  4. Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA

    Charles C. Capen D.V.M., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathobiology and Endocrinology) (Professor of Pathobiology and Endocrinology)

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Osamura, R.Y. (1983). Pituitary Gland, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D., Capen, C.C. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96720-7_27

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