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hypothalamic releasing factor — n any hormone that is secreted by the hypothalamus and stimulates the pituitary gland directly to secrete a hormone called also hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor … Medical dictionary
releasing hormone — noun 1. a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland • Syn: ↑releasing factor, ↑RF • Hypernyms: ↑factor • Hyponyms: ↑growth hormone releasing factor, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hypothalamic releasing factor — 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… … Useful english dictionary
Releasing hormone — A releasing hormone or releasing factor is a hormone whose main purpose is to control the release of another hormone. The main releasing hormones secreted by the hypothalamus are:*Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), *Corticotropin releasing… … Wikipedia
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone — 1 (luteinizing releasing hormone) from PDB 1YY1 Identifiers … Wikipedia
Corticotropin-releasing hormone — PDB rendering based on 1go9 … Wikipedia
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone — protein Name = thyrotropin releasing hormone caption = Structural formula of TRH width = 200 HGNCid = 12298 Symbol = TRH AltSymbols = EntrezGene = 7200 OMIM = 275120 RefSeq = NM 007117 UniProt = P20396 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = 3 Arm = q Band … Wikipedia
gonadotropin-releasing hormone — gonadotropin re·leas·ing hormone ri lēs iŋ n a decapeptide hormone produced by the hypothalamus that stimulates the adenohypophysis to release gonadotropins (as luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone) abbr. GnRH called also… … Medical dictionary
Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor — 1 Identifiers Symbol CRHR1 Alt. symbols CRHR Entrez 1394 … Wikipedia
Corticotropin releasing hormone antagonist — A Corticotropin releasing hormone antagonist is a specific type of receptor antagonist which blocks the receptor sites for Corticotropin releasing hormone (also known as Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)), blocking therefore the consequent… … Wikipedia
