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GnRH

American  

GnRH British  

abbreviation

  1. gonadotrophin-releasing hormone: a peptide that is released from the brain and stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotrophic hormones that act in turn on the sex glands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The judge’s decision focuses on the use of GnRH agonists, known as puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

The one thing that is the most damaging to me to this day are the GnRH antagonists, because I was on a drug that took me through menopause.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022

“There’s been speculation that GnRH must do something in the brain,” says neurobiologist Hanne Hoffmann of Michigan State University, who was not involved in the study but wrote an accompanying commentary in Science.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2022

A negative feedback system occurs in the male with rising levels of testosterone acting on the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary to inhibit the release of GnRH, FSH, and LH.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

As with the male, the GnRH from the hypothalamus causes the release of the hormones FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

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