Reproductive messengers

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Lecture 1 - Cell signaling, hypothalamus and pituitary gland, steroid and protein hormones

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What kind of signaling is paracrine?

Signaling to cells close by using interstitial fluid

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What kind of signaling is autocrine?

Signaling to itself using interstitial fluid

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What kind of signaling is juxtacrine?

Signaling to cells using physical contact

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What system is hormonal signals transported in?

Blood stream/ bloody system

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What is the reproduction axis of the brain?

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal axis

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What is the infundibulum?

The portion that connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary glands

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What is the median eminence?

The portion that connects the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary gland

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