Not exact matches
This «hypothalamus - pituitary -
gonad»
axis is found in animals from fish and lizards to birds and people.
The adrenal glands, the thyroid and the
gonads (male testes and female ovaries) regulate, through the hypothalamic - pituitary - gonadal (HPG)
axis as well as the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal (HPA)
axis, the hormone response.
More recent work suggests the gut and the
gonads are also involved in the stress response; as a result, some functional medicine practitioners find themselves referring to the system as the HPAGG
axis.