Your hormones

The pituitary gland is involved in many hormonal feedback loops, each known as an ‘axis’. When the pituitary cells involved in each axis are damaged, the whole feedback loop is affected.

What this means is that when your pituitary gland is damaged then some of your hormones become deficient, because the signals are not getting through to them to tell them to work properly. The number of hormones that are deficient, depends on the extent of the damage.

Anterior pituitary hormones

  • ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone)

  • Prolactin

  • FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) a gonadotropin

  • LH (Luteinising Hormone) a gonadotropin

  • MSH (Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone)

  • GH (Growth Hormone)

  • TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)

Posterior pituitary hormones

  • Oxytocin

  • ADH (Anti Diuretic Hormone)