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Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Ovarian axis Flashcards

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Hormones produced by anterior pituitary

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TSH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, Melanocyte stimulating hormone, GH, ACTH

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Posterior pituitary hormones

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Oxytocin, Vasopressin

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Hormones produced by the hypothalamus

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ADH, GnRH, TRH, PRH, GHRH, CRH

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Where does the GNRH neurons originate from in-utero?

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Olfactory placode.

Essential in Kallmans syndrome: anosmia and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism due to an abnormality in the migration of olfactory and GNRH neurons

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GnRH
- everything you know

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Decapeptide. Influenced by higher cortical centres and is released in a pulsatile fashion into the pituitary portal plexus.

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