Title : Growth hormone-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamus of the adult male rat is increased by testosterone.

Pub. Date : 1990 Sep

PMID : 2117526






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1 Since intact adult male rats have higher GH pulse amplitude than do castrated animals and since GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) secretion is predominantly responsible for the production of these GH pulses, we hypothesized that testosterone stimulates GHRH synthesis in neurons of the hypothalamus. ghrh growth hormone releasing hormone Rattus norvegicus