[HTML][HTML] Neuroendocrinology of reproduction: Is gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) dispensable?

KE Whitlock, J Postlethwait, J Ewer - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2019 - Elsevier
Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is a highly conserved neuroendocrine
decapeptide that is essential for the onset of puberty and the maintenance of the …

Origin and evolution of the neuroendocrine control of reproduction in vertebrates, with special focus on genome and gene duplications

S Dufour, B Quérat, H Tostivint… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
In humans, as in the other mammals, the neuroendocrine control of reproduction is ensured
by the brain-pituitary gonadotropic axis. Multiple internal and environmental cues are …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology of GNRH and gonadotropin secretion

P Marques, K Skorupskaite, KS Rozario… - Endotext …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone (GnRH) is the key regulator of the reproductive
axis. Its pulsatile secretion determines the pattern of secretion of the gonadotropins follicle …

Control of GnRH secretion: one step back

IJ Clarke - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2011 - Elsevier
The reproductive system is controlled by gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion
from the brain, which is finely modulated by a number of factors including gonadal sex …

Development of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and pituitary response

KM Glanowska, LL Burger… - Journal of Neuroscience, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Acquisition of a mature pattern of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion from
the CNS is a hallmark of the pubertal process. Little is known about GnRH release during …

Discovery and evolutionary history of gonadotrophin‐inhibitory hormone and kisspeptin: new key neuropeptides controlling reproduction

K Tsutsui, GE Bentley, LJ Kriegsfeld… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) is the primary hypothalamic factor responsible
for the control of gonadotrophin secretion in vertebrates. However, within the last decade …

Cellular mechanisms and integrative timing of neuroendocrine control of GnRH secretion by kisspeptin

M Beltramo, H Dardente, X Cayla, A Caraty - Molecular and Cellular …, 2014 - Elsevier
The hypothalamus integrates endogenous and exogenous inputs to control the pituitary–
gonadal axis. The ultimate hypothalamic influence on reproductive activity is mediated …

Coming of age in the kisspeptin era: sex differences, development, and puberty

AS Kauffman - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2010 - Elsevier
The status of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis differs dramatically during various stages
of development, and also differs in several critical ways between the sexes, including its …

Murine arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurons communicate with GnRH neurons in utero

D Kumar, M Freese, D Drexler… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Puberty is a transition period of reproductive development from juvenile stages to adulthood
and depends upon the activity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. GnRH …

Puberty in mice and rats

V Prevot - Knobil and neill's physiology of reproduction, 2014 - hero.epa.gov
A century of research has shown that in rodents, as in higher mammals, puberty is initiated
by the activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, and specifically, by the release …