Elemental Analysis of Aging Human Pituitary Glands Implicates Mercury as a Contributor to the Somatopause

Conclusions: The proportion of people with mercury in their anterior pituitary cells, mostly somatotrophs, increases with aging, suggesting that mercury toxicity could be one factor contributing to the decline in growth hormone levels found in advancing age.
Source: Frontiers in Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research