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Growth hormone-releasing hormone

Also indexed as GHRH · growth hormone releasing factor · GRF

GHRH is a hypothalamic hormone signal studied in human physiology and endocrine research. The page stays close to that literature instead of turning a small sleep study into a care claim.

Last reviewed 2026-09-07 · education only

MAPA EM LINGUAGEM SIMPLES

O que aparece na literatura

GHRH signals through the GHRH receptor on pituitary cells and participates in pulsatile growth-hormone regulation. That is a physiological description, not a protocol.

THE PAPER TRAIL

History & development

  1. 1977

    The Nobel record recognized work on peptide hormone production and hypothalamic endocrine regulation, a foundation for the GHRH field.

    Source: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 ↗

  2. 1996

    A controlled human physiology study measured sleep-stage changes after GHRH administration.

    Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ↗

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Approved brands & pathway

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Growth hormone-releasing hormone is presented for research-name and evidence literacy. A research name does not authenticate a product or establish a human-use pathway.

ENTRADAS VINCULADAS

Entradas de evidência

Sleep

Tema: Sleep · neuroendocrine research · Categoria: Sleep

Grau C

Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)

O que a fonte sustenta

Small human physiology study

A controlled study in healthy volunteers measured sleep-stage changes after episodic or continuous GHRH administration.

Limite: Small, protocol-specific physiology research cannot be treated as sleep-care guidance or evidence for a marketplace material.

Fonte: J Clin Endocrinol Metab · PubMed Ler fonte ↗

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EVIDENCE AT A GLANCE

Grade mix in this atlas

Grades describe the cited record for a narrow question. They do not score a marketplace material or make a health decision.

MARGIN NOTES

Naming curiosities & useful distinctions

  • GHRH and GRF are related names in endocrine literature; the exact analog or fragment matters.
  • A hormone name is not a product name or a proof of a particular preparation.

Physiology is not a sleep prescription

A small controlled physiology study can show that a hormone signal changes measured sleep variables without establishing a general sleep treatment.

PubMed human physiology study ↗

PESSOAS E ORGANIZAÇÕES

Nomes no registro

Hormone research context

Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally

The Nobel record credits their discoveries concerning peptide hormone production; this page does not assign sole invention of every GHRH analog.

Nobel Prize ↗

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