Carbamazepine and Thyroid Hormones
Changes in serum thyroid hormone levels in 37 children with epilepsy receiving carbamazepine (CBZ) and valproic acid (VPA) were analyzed at the University of Chieti and University of Siena, Italy.
J Gordon Millichap
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Resistance to thyroid hormone due to a novel THRB p.Val349Ala mutation in a Taiwanese boy
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by impaired sensitivity of target tissues to thyroid hormone. The disease is mostly caused by heterozygous mutations of thyroid hormone receptor β (THRB) gene.
Zhen Liu, Wen-Yu Tsai, Cheng-Ting Lee
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Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Peptide Stimulation of GH Release from Human Somatotroph Adenoma Cells: Interaction with GH-Releasing Hormone, Thyrotropin- Releasing Hormone, and Octreotide. [PDF]
The synthetic hexapeptide GH-releasing peptide (GHRP; His-D-Trp-Ala-Trp-D-Phe-Lys-NH2) specifically stimulates GH secretion in humans in vivo and in animals in vitro and in vivo via a still unknown receptor and mechanism.
Strasburger, Christian J. +12 more
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Electrophysiological Effects of Ghrelin in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Neurons
The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is involved in the control of sympathetic tone and the secretion of hormones, both functions known to be influenced by ghrelin, suggesting direct effect of ghrelin in this nucleus.
Raoni C. dos-Santos +5 more
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Maternal-to-fetal transfer of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in vivo
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine the transplacental transfer of thyrotropin-releasing hormone at the time of fetal blood ...
Bajoria, Rekha +2 more
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Effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate on thyrotropin secretion in adult and old female rats
Steroid hormones have been implicated in the modulation of TSH secretion; however, there are few and controversial data regarding the effect of progesterone (Pg) on TSH secretion. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a synthetic alpha-hydroxyprogesterone
R.M. Moreira +5 more
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Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) : An Alternative Therapy for Infantile Spasms
Pediatric neurologists at the Central Hospital, Aichi Prefectural Colony, Kasugai, Aichi 480-03, Japan, compared the effects of TRH in 31 children and ACTH in 33 with severe epilepsy.
J Gordon Millichap
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Neonatal screening and a new cause of congenital central hypothyroidism [PDF]
Congenital central hypothyroidism (C-CH) is a rare disease in which thyroid hormone deficiency is caused by insufficient thyrotropin (TSH) stimulation of a normally-located thyroid gland.
Toshihiro Tajima +3 more
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Central autonomic pharmacology of thyrotropin releasing hormone [PDF]
Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH, I-pyroglutamyl-l-histidyl-l-prolinamide) was the fIrst hypothalamic releasing SUbstance to be isolated, chemically characterized and synthetized /1/.
Feuerstein, Giera, Sirén, Anna-Leena
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic and prevalent multisystemic disease that significantly increases morbidity and mortality. Dysfunction of the thyroid hormone system is common in patients with T2D, increasing their risk of both hyperthyroidism and ...
Rongling Wu, Claudia Gragnoli
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