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Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone

Alright kiddo, you know how our bodies have different organs that help us do different important things, right? One of the most important organs is called the brain, which helps us think, feel, and do things.

Now, sometimes our brain needs to tell other parts of our body what to do, like telling our stomach to digest food or telling our heart to beat faster. One of the things our brain tells our body to do is make hormones, which are like special messengers that tell different parts of our body what to do.

One of these hormones is called gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone, or GnIH for short. This hormone is made in a special part of our brain called the hypothalamus, and it helps control our reproductive system.

Basically, GnIH tells another hormone called gonadotropin-releasing hormone, or GnRH, to slow down the production of other hormones that help our bodies make babies. This is really important because it helps our bodies stay in balance and only have babies when we're ready and able to take care of them.

So, GnIH is like a gatekeeper that tells our body when it's not the right time to make babies, and helps us stay healthy and happy.