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Role of Ovarian Inhibin (Folliculostatin) in Regulating FSH Secretion in the Female Rat

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Intraovarian Control Mechanisms

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 147))

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The purpose of this chapter is to review what we know at present about the role of ovarian inhibin, or as we have called it “folliculostatin” (Schwartz and Channing, 1977; Hoak and Schwartz, 1980), in the regulation of the secretion of FSH by the anterior pituitary gland. Most of the data to be presented are taken from studies in the rat, but some reference to the growing literature on the subject from other species is cited.

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    Neena B. Schwartz

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  1. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Cornelia P. Channing

  2. Population Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, New York, USA

    Sheldon J. Segal

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Schwartz, N.B. (1982). Role of Ovarian Inhibin (Folliculostatin) in Regulating FSH Secretion in the Female Rat. In: Channing, C.P., Segal, S.J. (eds) Intraovarian Control Mechanisms. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 147. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9278-5_2

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