The postovulatory decline in luteinizing hormone (LH) may be caused by the loss of the positive feedback effect of estrogen, the increasing inhibitory feedback effect of progesterone, or the depletion of pituitary LH content due to downregulation of GnRH receptors.

Authors

• Person: Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF Organization: National Center for Biotechnology Information
  The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH

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• The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF · National Center for Biotechnology Information via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• estrogen concept
• luteinizing hormone (LH) concept
• progesterone concept