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Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and GNRH1 mutations in mice and humans.
Frontiers of hormone research - 1 Jan 2010
Bouligand Jérôme, Ghervan Cristina, Guiochon-Mantel Anne, Young Jacques
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The neuropeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) plays a key regulatory role in mammalian reproduction. It is synthesized by hypothalamic neurons and released from nerve endings into the portal circulation. After binding to membrane GnRH type 1 receptors on gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary, it stimulates the synthesis and release of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. These two...
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