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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation gonadotropin-releasing hormone
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In addition, GnIH affects nerve cells that secrete GnRH, which is in line with previous findings that GnIH down-regulates GnRH.
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In addition, GnIH affects nerve cells that secrete GnRH, which is in line with previous findings that GnIH down-regulates GnRH.
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In addition, GnIH affects nerve cells that secrete GnRH, which is in line with previous findings that GnIH down-regulates GnRH.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Progesterone levels increase in the second half of the cycle, called the luteal phase, which signals the hypothalamus to slow down GnRH pulses gradually to every four to six hours.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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The first half of the menstrual cycle, called the follicular phase, begins with pulses of GnRH, about one pulse every ninety minutes.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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Newer, very expensive drugs called gonadatropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs actually change brain chemistry to turn off the ovaries 'production of estrogen and progesterone -- but they also lead to osteoporosis.
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Newer, very expensive drugs called gonadatropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs actually change brain chemistry to turn off the ovaries 'production of estrogen and progesterone -- but they also lead to osteoporosis.
Mark Hyman, MD: Eliminate Suffering From PMS In 5 Simple Steps 2010
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If anyone really wants to do a study on this, I think that all the endometriosis patients who are on GnRH agonists would be a perfect population.
Estrogen and Memory aka TBTAM 2008
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At this time GnRH pulses increase briefly and LH levels begin to rise, culminating in a surge of LH that triggers the release of the egg ovulation right at mid-cycle.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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The cortisol appears to reduce the output of GnRH from the hypothalamus.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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