LHRH

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gonadotropin releasing factor

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• 5The mechanism of pituitary LH release in response to LHRH is not completely understood.
• LHRH is synthesized in the hypothalamus and LHRH release from nerve terminals in the median eminence is considered to play a primary role in the control of reproduction.
• LHRH is the acronym for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, a hormone produced by the brain, whose purpose is to regulate testosterone production.
• The self-priming action of LHRH is under negative FSH control through a factor released by the ovary: observations in female rats in vivo.
• Under life-threatening conditions, such as a severe emergency, LHRH is releas 8 ed in ab 12ab undance, signaling to other neurons to release a second neurotransmitter--norepinephrine (epinephrine in frogs).

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