The ontogenesis of pituitary hormones and hypothalamic factors in the human fetus: maturation of central nervous system regulation of anterior pituitary function

Recent Prog Horm Res. 1976:32:161-243. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-571132-6.50015-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aging
  • Brain / embryology
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Child
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Feedback
  • Female
  • Fetus
  • Gestational Age
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamus / physiology*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Pituitary Gland / growth & development
  • Pituitary Gland / physiology*
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior / embryology
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior / physiology*
  • Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / physiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prolactin / physiology
  • Puberty
  • Sex Factors
  • Somatostatin / physiology

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Pituitary Hormones, Anterior
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Somatostatin
  • Prolactin