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Growth Hormone

Known as: GH, somatotrophin, Growth Hormone, Pituitary 
A polypeptide that is secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, stimulates mitosis… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Soil salinity: A serious environmental issue and plant growth promoting bacteria as one of the tools for its alleviation
Review
2005
Review
2005
Hormonal Responses and Adaptations to Resistance Exercise and Training
AbstractResistance exercise has been shown to elicit a significant acute hormonal response. It appears that this acute response… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Demand for Beef from Cattle Administered Growth Hormones or Fed Genetically Modified Corn: A Comparison of Consumers in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States
We compare consumer valuations of beef ribeye steaks from cattle produced without growth hormones or genetically modified corn in… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The influence of humic acids derived from earthworm-processed organic wastes on plant growth.
Review
2001
Review
2001
The somatomedin hypothesis: 2001.
Since the original somatomedin hypothesis was conceived, a number of important discoveries have allowed investigators to modify… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins: biological actions.
I. Introduction THE insulin-like growth factors were discovered on the basis of their ability to stimulate cartilage sulfation… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Regulation of organic nutrient metabolism during transition from late pregnancy to early lactation.
  • A. Bell
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • 1995
  • Corpus ID: 13138908
Conceptus energy and nitrogen demands in late pregnancy are mostly met by placental uptake of maternal glucose and amino acids… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Mechanism of the stimulatory effect of growth hormone on longitudinal bone growth.
I. Introduction AT THE beginning of this century Aschner (1) demonstrated a relationship between a factor in the pituitary and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Immunohistochemical distribution of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the adult rat
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Hypothalamic Polypeptide That Inhibits the Secretion of Immunoreactive Pituitary Growth Hormone
A peptide has been isolated from ovine hypothalamus which, at 1 x 10-9M, inhibits secretion in vitro of immunoreactive rat or… 
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