Placental growth hormone (PGH) is synthesized in and secreted from the human placental syncytiotrophoblast (1) into the maternal circulation in a nonpulsatile manner, detectable in the maternal ...

Researchers led by Prof. YANG Fan from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have proposed a new approach to control ...

Normal reproductive functioning in mammals depends upon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons generating a pulsatile pattern of gonadotropin secretion. The neural mechanism underlying the ...

The search for answers to the questions posed in endocrinology has attracted increasing attention from clinician, physiologist and biochemist alike. What hormones are secreted? What are their ...

HYPONATREMIA has been observed repeatedly in patients with various brain lesions. Observations on a number of patients with cerebral hyponatremia were reported by Peters and his co-workers 1 in 1950.

It was Aschheim and Zondek (1928) who tested the urine of pregnant women and found that at least two distinct substances were present. One substance stimulated the ovaries to grow follicles, and the ...

New research shows that a New Zealand produced bitter plant extract can suppress food intake by stimulating the secretion of gut peptide hormones involved in appetite regulation. New research ...

The endocrine system is made up of certain special glands and the hormones produced by those glands in the body. The hormones are important for instructing specific cells to produce particular actions ...