"Gonadotropins, Pituitary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR) that stimulate gonadal functions in both males and females. They include FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE that stimulates germ cell maturation (OOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS), and LUTEINIZING HORMONE that stimulates the production of sex steroids (ESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; ANDROGENS).
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D006065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.322.576 D06.472.699.631.525.343 D12.644.548.691.525.343
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gonadotropins, Pituitary" by people in Profiles.
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Webber KM, Casadesus G, Marlatt MW, Perry G, Hamlin CR, Atwood CS, Bowen RL, Smith MA. Estrogen bows to a new master: the role of gonadotropins in Alzheimer pathogenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Jun; 1052:201-9.
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Casadesus G, Zhu X, Atwood CS, Webber KM, Perry G, Bowen RL, Smith MA. Beyond estrogen: targeting gonadotropin hormones in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Curr Drug Targets CNS Neurol Disord. 2004 Aug; 3(4):281-5.