Pulsatile Peptide Secretion: Encoding of Brain Messages Regulating Endocrine and Reproductive Functions
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Pulsatile peptide secretion: encoding of brain messages regulating endocrine and reproductive functions.
Neuropeptides are defined chemical messengers produced by the brain to modulate its own activity and also to regulate the function of every organ system. These neuropeptides can be viewed as coded chemical signals produced by the brain and secreted into the blood or into other fluids, such as the cerebrospinal fluid, to be transported and to act at a distant site. The signals arrive to the targ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3430574