Glucose inhibitory growth hormone test
The glucose-suppressing somatotropin test is performed by the following principles. Hypothalamic GH neurons have sugar receptors that regulate GH secretion. After glucose load, hypothalamic glucose receptors inhibit GHRH secretion or excitatory somatostatin (SS) The secretion of pituitary GH is reduced.
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