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Hexarelin
Research context
Rat experiments measure plasma growth-hormone release after Hexarelin, including infant rats, adult rats, and preparations used to compare pituitary and hypothalamic contributions.
What has been studied
- Rat experiments
- In vitro pituitary assay
Torsello et al. (1996) measured plasma growth-hormone release after Hexarelin in infant rats, adult rats, and rats with mediobasal-hypothalamus ablation, and compared some of those responses with GHRH. The paper also recorded growth-hormone release from pituitary tissue in vitro.
These labels restate the setting of the cited paper. They are not new findings and do not describe a catalog material.
Research model areas
- Infant and adult rat GH release
- Mediobasal-hypothalamus ablation comparisons
- In vitro pituitary GH release
Selected published literature
What remains uncertain
Limitations
Growth-hormone measurements in rats and pituitary preparations do not establish a human diagnostic or therapeutic use.
Model areas in the Body Explorer: Growth-hormone axis models.