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  2. Ghrelin - Wikipedia

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    Ghrelin (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ l ɪ n /; or lenomorelin, INN) is a hormone primarily produced by enteroendocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the stomach, [5] [6] and is often called a "hunger hormone" because it increases the drive to eat. [6]

  3. Timeline of human prenatal development - Wikipedia

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    Gestational age: 6 weeks and 0 days until 6 weeks and 6 days old. 43–49 days from last menstruation. Embryonic age: Week nr 5. 4 weeks old. 29–35 days from fertilization. The embryo measures 8 mm (0.31 in) in length and weighs about 1 gram. [4] Optic vesicles and optic cups form the start of the developing eye. Nasal pits form.

  4. Effects of hormones on sexual motivation - Wikipedia

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    Men experience sexual dysfunction at testosterone levels of below 300 ng/dL, with men that have levels of testosterone of approximately 200 ng/dL often experiencing such problems. [28] Complete loss of testicular testosterone production resulting in testosterone levels within the castrate range (95% decrease, to 15 ng/dL on average) with ...

  5. Growth hormone - Wikipedia

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    [65] [66] At the same time, anti-aging clinics where doctors prescribe, administer, and sell HGH to people are big business. [ 65 ] [ 67 ] In a 2012 article in Vanity Fair , when asked how HGH prescriptions far exceed the number of adult patients estimated to have HGH-deficiency, Dragos Roman, who leads a team at the FDA that reviews drugs in ...

  6. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    During pregnancy the plasma volume increases by 40-50% and the red blood cell volume increases only by 20–30%. [22] These changes occur mostly in the second trimester and prior to 32 weeks gestation. [24] Due to dilution, the net result is a decrease in hematocrit or hemoglobin, which are measures of red blood cell concentration.

  7. Examorelin - Wikipedia

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    Examorelin (developmental code names EP-23905, MF-6003), also known as hexarelin, is a potent, synthetic, peptidic, orally-active, centrally-penetrant, and highly selective agonist of the ghrelin/growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) and a growth hormone secretagogue which was developed by Mediolanum Farmaceutici.

  8. Male infertility - Wikipedia

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    The condition and its effects on both men and women is the topic for example of the novel set in Nigeria entitled, The Secret Lives of Baba Segin's Wives. A lot of research has pointed to the relationship between infertility and emasculation. [83] [84] [85] This association has led to infertility being less studied and diagnosed in men over ...

  9. Motilin - Wikipedia

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    Motilin is a 22-amino acid polypeptide hormone in the motilin family that, in humans, is encoded by the MLN gene. [2]Motilin is secreted by endocrine Mo cells [3] [4] (also referred to as M cells, which are not the same as the M cells, or microfold cells, found in Peyer's patches) that are numerous in crypts of the small intestine, especially in the duodenum and jejunum. [5]