The origins and significance of pulsatility in hormone secretion from the pituitary

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 493-513

  Leng, Gareth ^a   Brown, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bursting activity; Growth hormone; LH; Mathematical modelling; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

CYTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030797775     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00615.x     Document Type: Review

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