The Pituitary Gonadotropes

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The Pituitary Gonadotropes
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Illustrations from
Principles of Neural Science by E. R. Kandel,
J. H. Schwartz, and T. M. Jessell McGraw-Hill,
Fourth Edition, 2000 Fundamental Neuroscience
by L. R. Squire, F. E. Bloom, S. K. McConnell,
J. L. Roberts, N. C. Spitzer, and M. J.
Zygmond Academic Press, Second Edition, 2003
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Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus
Anatomy of the brain, showing pituitary gland and
hypothalamus From Kandel, et al. Figure
19.15, p367
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The Pituitary Gland
General features of brain-pituitary-target organ
systems From Squire, et al., Figure 40-1, p 1032
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The Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
Schematic representation of brain-pituitary-gonada
l axis showing GnRH neurons and gonadotropes
From Squire, et al., Figure 40-11, p 1053