A Sertoli cell (a kind of sustentacular cell) is a "nurse" cell of the testicles that is part of a seminiferous tubule and helps in the process of spermatogenesis, the production of sperm. It is activated byfollicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)secreted by the adenohypophysis, and has FSH rece...
Insulin is released from the beta cells of the pancreas after intake of food. A number of nutrients in the blood can stimulate its release. However, glucose is the most important one. Insulin's major role isto switch the body from a fasting to an absorptive state of metabolism. Which proc...
Which hormone is produced by neurosecretory cells in the brain? Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-I It is produced by hypothalamic neurosecretory cells and released in a pulsatile manner into the hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal circulation via which the hormone is transported to the anterior pituitary gland....