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Abstract
A collection of NEURONS, tracts of NERVE FIBERS, endocrine tissue, and blood vessels in the HYPOTHALAMUS, the PITUITARY GLAND and the GONADS. It plays a central role in endocrine regulation of gonadal function including release of hormones: GNRH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE and TESTOSTERONE.
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- HPG Axis
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Endocrine Axis
- Axis, HPG
- Axis, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal
- Axis, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Endocrine
- Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal Axis
- Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal Endocrine Axis
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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2023
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- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System (1973-2022)
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- National Library of Medicine. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094365. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094365
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamic%E2%80%93pituitary%E2%80%93gonadal_axis
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1703595