Definition of Hypothalamic releasing hormone

1. Noun. Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothalamic Releasing Hormone

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hypothalamic amenorrhoea
hypothalamic histiocytoma
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hypothalamic releasing hormone (current term)
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hypothalamocerebellar fibres
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hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation
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Literary usage of Hypothalamic releasing hormone

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1. Proceedings of the (1903)
"... hypothalamic releasing hormone relationship with pituitary hormone secretion and cAMP levels and influence of feedback hormones on (rat), 158, ..."

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