Vitamins and Hormones, Volume 70 (Vitamins and Hormones)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: March 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780127098708
Subjects: Metabolism; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Life Sciences - Cytology; Pharmacology; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Life Sciences - Biology - General
First sentence: Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is secreted by the hypothalamus; after binding to specific GHRH receptors in the pituitary, GHRH induces the secretion and release of growth hormone (GH) (Krulich et al., 1968; Schally and Comaru-Schally, 1998; Schally et al., 1965).