Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons exhibit many unique morphological features, including a blended dendrite–axon (dendron) that projects to the median eminence to secrete GnRH into the ...

Reports suggest that at least 25% of ovarian disorders are due to dysfunction of the brain mechanism in the hypothalamus that controls the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which is a molecule ...

Normal reproductive functioning in mammals depends upon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons generating a pulsatile pattern of gonadotropin secretion. The neural mechanism underlying the ...

Although it is a life-changing event in the life cycle of all humans, puberty remains an enigmatic process. Initiated under the cover of sleep, the start of sexual maturation represents the ...

Researchers at Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences and the National Institute of Physiological Sciences in Japan have demonstrated how a specific type of neuron in the ...

An Inserm team at the Lille Neuroscience & Cognition laboratory (Inserm/Université de Lille, Lille University Hospital) has joined forces with its counterparts at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) ...

It is well known that breast feeding increases the secretion of the prolactin hormone and inhibits ovulation in women. This prevents the onset of a new pregnancy too soon, and so breast feeding was ...

The effect of Type 1 diabetes on the reproductive endocrine axis can be conceptualized as anorexia-like hypothalamic anovulation. Diabetic women with low BMI are more likely to have menstrual ...

2 Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 3 UCT/MRC Receptor Biology Unit, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of ...