We are conducting a research study evaluating oxytocin levels, psychological well-being, and bone density in females with hypopituitarism, with and without diabetes insipidus (now known as Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency). We are also looking at oxytocin levels, psychological well-being, and bone density in healthy controls.

We are studying whether some women with hypopituitarism are deficient in the posterior pituitary hormone oxytocin, a hormone involved in appetite and weight regulation, bone health, and psychological well-being. Our team is the first to have identified a potential oxytocin deficient state in men with hypopituitarism. For this study, we are studying oxytocin in women with hypopituitarism, since this hormone acts differently in men and women.