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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2014 Apr;4(2):739–769. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c130035

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The mechanisms of glucocorticoid (GC)-induced decreases in growth in children and suppression of growth hormone (GH) in adults. GHRH is growth-hormone release hormone, IGF1 is insulin-like growth factor 1; GnRH is gonadotropin-releasing hormone, LH is luteinizing hormone, and FSH is follicle-stimulating hormone. Adapted from (7) with kind permission from WB Saunders through the Copyright Clearance Center.