Gonadotrope

Gonadotropes are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary which produce the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). Release of FSH and LH by gonadotrophs is regulated by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus.^[1]

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Posterior pituitary	Pars nervosa – Median eminence – Infundibular stalk

Anterior pituitary	Pars intermedia – Pars tuberalis – Pars distalis – Acidophils (Somatotropes, Lactotropes) – Basophils (Corticotropes, Gonadotropes, Thyrotropes)

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