α Melanocyte stimulating hormone induces gonadotropin release

RL Reid, N Ling, SSC Yen - The Journal of Clinical …, 1981 - academic.oup.com
RL Reid, N Ling, SSC Yen
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1981academic.oup.com
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Copyright © 1981 by The Endocrine
Society a MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE INDUCES GONADOTROPIN RELEASE
Vol. 52, No. 1 Printed in USA RL REID 1 N. LING2 AND SSC YEN1 Department of
Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine (T-002), and the General Clinical Research
Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, and The Salk Institute …
Abstract
The present study demonstrates that synthetic α-MSH given as a 2.5 nig intravenous bolus induces an unequivocal rise in LH and PSH in male subjects but not in femalesubjects during the low estrogen phase of the cycle.
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