The central position of estrogen in the physiological and pharmacological control of bone resorption is now challenged by evidence from mouse genetics of estrogen-independent control by pituitary FSH.

Mutations in the androgen-receptor gene have been shown to cause androgen resistance in 46,XY humans 1,2 and in murine models, 3 but estrogen-receptor mutations are rare. The action of estrogen in ...

Females have two sex hormones. Males have been conceded but one, though male and female sex glands are analogous. Last week Dr. D. Roy McCullagh of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation reported in ...

The capsules also secreted progesterone as well as inhibin and activin, two hormones that interact with the pituitary and hypothalamus and are important to the body's natural system to regulate ...

WASHINGTON--Puberty looks different, in terms of both reproductive hormones and breast maturation, in girls with excess total body fat, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society ...

The endocrine system is the collection of glands that produce hormones, which are specialized proteins that regulate bodily functions. The endocrine system serves as the body's internal chemical ...

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In group 1, a group of 83 consecutive patients with testicular germ cell cancer (TGCC) investigated before orchiectomy, semen analysis was carried out in 63 patients and hormonal ...

We found that in mid- to late puberty, girls with greater total body fat demonstrated higher levels of some reproductive hormones including follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), inhibin B and male ...

The ovaries produce female reproductive hormones: progesterone, estrogen, relaxin and inhibin. These hormones have effects on: The way breasts and body hair grow ...

This period lasts until the ovaries stop producing eggs, during which time there is a decrease in the amount of estrogen, inhibin, anti-mullerian hormone etc they produce. Although some women may ...