Gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH) also known as gonadoliberin, and by various other names in its endogenous form and as gonadorelin (INN) in its pharmaceutical form, is a releasing hormone responsible for the release of follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary. GnRH is a tropic peptide hormone synthesized and released from GnRH neurons within the hypothalamus. The peptide belongs to gonadotropin - releasing hormone family. It constitutes the initial step in the hypothalamic -- pituitary -- gonadal axis.
where is gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh) secreted from
GnRH neurons within the hypothalamus