Parasomnias are disruptive sleep disorders that can occur during arousals from REM sleep or partial arousals from non-REM sleep. Parasomnias include nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, confusional arousals, and many others.
The anterior pituitary gland produces 6 hormones, they are: Growth hormones (GH) to the bones and muscles, thyrotropic hormones (TSH) to the thyroid, prolactin (PRL) to the mammary glands, adrenocorticotropic hormones (ACTH) to the adrenal cortex, follicle-stimulating hormones (FSH) and luteinizing hormones (LH) to the testes or ovaries.
1 The anterior pituitary or adenohypophysis is a classical gland composed predominantly of cells that secrete protein hormones. 2  The posterior pituitary or neurohypophysis is not a separate organ, but an extension of the hypothalamus.hese hypothalamic hormones reach the anterior pituitary through the following route: 1  A branch of the hypophyseal artery ramifies into a capillary bed in the lower hypothalamus, and hypothalmic hormones destined for the anterior pituitary are secreted into that capillary blood.