Changes

|15-20%

|15-20%

|Prolactin - '''PRL'''

|Prolactin - '''PRL'''

|[[Lactation - The Mammary Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|Mammary gland]] hypertrophy and stimulation of lactation post partum in the female. In the male it stimulates growth of the prostate.  

|[[Mammary Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|Mammary gland]] hypertrophy and stimulation of lactation post partum in the female. In the male it stimulates growth of the prostate.  

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!Corticotropes

!Corticotropes

===Oxytocin===

===Oxytocin===

Oxytocin: Produced by cell bodies in the ''Paraventricular and Supraoptic nuclei'' of the [[Hypothalamus - Anatomy & Physiology|hypothalamus]]. .<br>

Oxytocin: Produced by cell bodies in the ''Paraventricular and Supraoptic nuclei'' of the [[Hypothalamus - Anatomy & Physiology|hypothalamus]]. .<br>

Oxytocin is transported down axons into the posterior pituitary where they are stored prior to release.  Release is controlled by neural activity in the nerve cells; '''Neurosecretion'''. Oxytocin acts on the smooth muscle of the [[Lactation - The Mammary Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|mammary gland]] and [[Uterus - Anatomy & Physiology|uterus.]]

Oxytocin is transported down axons into the posterior pituitary where they are stored prior to release.  Release is controlled by neural activity in the nerve cells; '''Neurosecretion'''. Oxytocin acts on the smooth muscle of the [[Mammary Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|mammary gland]] and [[Uterus - Anatomy & Physiology|uterus.]]