TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Reproductive Endocrinology
A1  - Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1  - Schorge, John O.
A1  - Bradshaw, Karen D.
A1  - Halvorson, Lisa M.
A1  - Schaffer, Joseph I.
A1  - Corton, Marlene M.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Williams Gynecology, 3e
AB  - Reproductive  endocrinology  is  the  study  of  hormones  and  neuroendocrine  factors  that  are  produced  by  and/or  affect  reproductive  tissues.  These  tissues  include  the  hypothalamus,  anterior  pituitary  gland,  ovary,  endometrium,  and  placenta.  A  hormone  is  classically  described  as  a  cell  product  that  is  secreted  into  the  peripheral  circulation  and  that  exerts  its  effects  in  distant  target  tissues  (Fig.  15-1).  This  is  termed  endocrine  secretion.  Additional  forms  of  cell-to-cell  communication  exist  in  reproductive  physiology.  Paracrine  communication,  common  within  the  ovary,  refers  to  chemical  signaling  between  neighboring  cells.  Autocrine  communication  occurs  when  a  cell  releases  substances  that  influence  its  own  function.  Production  of  a  substance  within  a  cell  that  affects  that  cell  before  secretion  is  termed  an  intracrine  effect.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125287180
ER  -