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Originally Posted by Pirate!
Not sure what you are looking for, but testicular inhibition usually means the testies are inhibited from their action by the presence of an agonist on the receptors in the testes. They can also be inhibited from downregulation of the leydig cells, often caused by too much LH and/or hcg.
Pituitary inhibition is pretty much the same thing, but it is caused by estrogens and androgens flooding the receptor cells in the pituitary gland, which shuts down LH and FSH. But you know this, so what exactly are you asking? This is a basic negative feedback physiology. |
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Originally Posted by Trouble
That citation was a bit dusty (old, circa 70s). Biochemistry and molecular biology have come quite a ways since then.
See this site. Foreman's technical training is good enuf to get him through the majority of the medical terminology. |
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