An increase in pulsatile release of LHRH is essential for the onset of puberty. However, the
mechanism controlling the pubertal increase in LHRH release is still unclear. In primates the …

Natural selection has linked the physiological controls of energy balance and fertility such
that reproduction is deferred during lean times, particularly in female mammals. In this way …

A recently described avian neuropeptide, gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH), has been
shown to have seasonal regulatory effects on the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadotropin axis …

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) cells are the key regulators of reproductive
function in all vertebrate organisms. The GnRH molecule is synthesized in a small number of …

Galanin is a highly inducible neuropeptide, showing distinct up-regulation after pathological
disturbance within the nervous system. Significant increase in galanin expression is …

It is now well established that the kisspeptin neurons of the hypothalamus play a key role in
regulating the activity of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. The population …

Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a newly discovered hypothalamic neuropeptide, which is
regulated by leptin and implicated in the regulation of GnRH secretion in the rodent. We …

Leptin, a hormone secreted from the adipose tissue, is involved in the regulation of food
intake and neuroendocrine function, by modulation of the expression and/or function of …

The neuropeptide galanin is widely expressed in limbic nuclei in the brain, and plays an
important role in the regulation of homeostatic and affective behaviors, in part through its …

Alarin is a newly identified member of the galanin family of neuropeptides that includes
galanin-like peptide (GALP) and galanin. Alarin was discovered as an alternate transcript of …