1 Stimulation of growth hormone secretion: Ghrelin, as the ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, potently stimulates secretion of growth hormone. 2  The ghrelin signal is integrated with that of growth hormone releasing hormone and somatostatin to control the timing and magnitude of growth hormone secretion.
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The Danish answer to the normal menstrual cycle length is 23 to 35 days long (this is from the shortest five percent to the longest 95 percent of cycles). However, cycles got shorter with increasing age so that the normal length was from 23 to 30 days by age 44 (2).