between 8 and 25 weeks of age , significant ( p less than 0.01 ) increases in basal and depolarization-induced release of lhrh ( 93 and 330 % , respectively ) were accompanied by a significant ( p less than 0.01 ) rise in the residual lhrh content of mbh tissue ( 152 % ) , observations which suggest that the ability of the hypothalamus to synthesize and secrete lhrh increases as sexual maturation proceeds .
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hypothalamus
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lhrh