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Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis

Preferred term

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Axis, HPG
  • Axis, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Endocrine
  • HPG Axis
  • Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal Endocrine Axis
  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Endocrine Axis

Scope note

  • A collection of NEURONS, tracts of NERVE FIBERS, endocrine tissue, and blood vessels in the HYPOTHALAMUS, the PITUITARY GLAND and the GONADS. It plays a central role in endocrine regulation of gonadal function including release of hormones: GNRH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE and TESTOSTERONE.

History note

  • 2023

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000094365

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