Toward Multifactorial Hypothalamic Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Hormone Secretion.
The hypothalamus regulates the secretion of anterior pituitary hormones via release of releasing hormones into the hypophysial portal vasculature. Additional neuromessengers act at the pituitary to modulate responses to the hypothalamic hormones. For example, neuropeptide Y enhances the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and the response to the prolactin-inhibiting hormone dopamine.
Crowley
W. R.
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Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, Memphis College of Medicine, Memphis TN 38163, USA.