GnRH

American  

abbreviation

1. gonadotropin releasing hormone.

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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

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Example Sentences

"This is the first report to show that kisspeptin neurons receiving direct input of dynorphin are needed to fully generate the GnRH/LH pulse and surge in female rats," says Professor Hiroko Tsukamura from Nagoya University, the principal investigator of the research group and another corresponding author of the paper.

From Science Daily

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

In a study published on September 1 in Science, neuroscientist Vincent Prevot of the University of Lille in France and a team of European researchers show that a hormone known for regulating reproductive function—gonadotropin-releasing hormone, or GnRH—may represent a promising treatment for cognitive problems in Down syndrome.

From Scientific American

They found that in mice genetically engineered to model Down syndrome, a decline in GnRH levels closely parallels cognitive deficits and then showed that restoring GnRH reverses the disabilities.

From Scientific American

In a previous study, Prevot and his colleagues discovered that, just before puberty, a molecular “switch” is thrown that elevates GnRH levels.

From Scientific American