Estradiol Modulation of Growth Hormone Secretion in the Ewe: No Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons and Few Somatotropes Express Estradiol Receptor α1
Open Access
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 66 (5) , 1267-1273
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod66.5.1267
Abstract
Evidence suggests that estrogen modulates growth hormone (GH) release and that GH plays an important role in follicular and ovulatory processes. HowKeywords
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