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Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
Prolactin #PRL #FeedbackLoop ... #endocrinology ... pathophysiology #pituitary
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
GrowthHormone #GH #FeedbackLoop ... #endocrinology ... pathophysiology #pituitary
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Ovarian Cycle – Follicular Phase Explained
Early Follicular Phase (Days 0-5)
 • Granulosa cells
production by pituitary ... back on anterior pituitary ... continue growing (mechanism ... growth (this is one mechanism ... FollicularPhase #endocrinology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms ... Hypothalamus -> Pituitary ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms ... pharmacology #diagnosis #psychiatry
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
puberty (unclear mechanisms ... on the anterior pituitary ... pathophysiology #comparison #endocrinology