Editing Counterregulatory hormone (section)

== Reproductive Counterregulation ==

In the reproductive system, [[inhibins]] and [[follistatin]] counterregulate [[activins]], to control [[follicle-stimulating hormone]] and so the release of [[gonads]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Semin Reprod Med |date=August 2004 |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=209–17 |title=Inhibins, activins, and follistatin in the aging female and male |vauthors=Hurwitz JM, Santoro N |pmid=15319823 |doi=10.1055/s-2004-831896}}{{Verify source|date=June 2011}}</ref> Inhibins and activins also regulate bone mass.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Mol Cell Endocrinol |date=2009-10-30 |volume=310 |issue=1–2 |pages=11–20 |title=Regulation of osteoblastogenesis and osteoclastogenesis by the other reproductive hormones, Activin and Inhibin |vauthors=Nicks KM, Perrien DS, Akel NS, Suva LJ, Gaddy D |pmid=19615428 |pmc=2951729 |doi=10.1016/j.mce.2009.07.001}}</ref>