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luteinizing hormone

Hormone produced by the pituitary gland. In males, it stimulates the testes to produce androgens (male sex hormones). In females, it works together with follicle-stimulating hormone to initiate production of egg cells by the ovary. If fertilization occurs, it plays a part in maintaining the pregnancy by controlling the levels of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone in the body.


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In utero and lactational exposure of male rats to 2,3,7,8-TCDD (effects on sexual behavior and the regulation of lutenizing hormone secretion in adulthood).
Scientists have long known that much of the regulation occurs in a hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad hormonal loop: The hypothalamus in the brain stimulates the pituitary to secrete two hormones, FSH and lutenizing hormone (LH), which, among other things, stimulates the production of sex steroids like estrogen and testosterone.
Also in the quarter, the company introduced and began selling Status-LH(TM) its new in-clinic diagnostic test to measure canine lutenizing hormone (LH) for ovulation timing.
 
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