Postpartum mood disorders are common. The clustering of mood-disorder episodes after
birth compels a search for factors particularly potent during childbearing. In this article, the …

In the last 20 years, a pituitary-hypothalamus tissue culture system with intact neural and
portal connections has been developed in our lab and used to understand the feedback …

Mammals from cold and temperate climates, including many farmed species, utilise the
annual cycle in daylength to time the seasonal changes in reproduction, moulting, fattening …

After reaching its final destination the GnRH neuronal network develops under the influence
of both excitatory and inhibitory inputs. 2. In the first 2 weeks of life, the immaturity of the …

Background: Although forebrain pro‐opiomelanocortin (POMC)–producing neurons seem to
mediate or modulate many responses to ethanol consumption, changes in activity of this …

Both plasma melatonin levels and hypothalamic arcuate nucleus pro‐opiomelanocortin
(POMC)(biosynthetic precursor to the endogenous opioid ß‐endorphin and other …

Considerable evidence suggest that some responses to smoking and nicotine are mediated
by forebrain β-endorphinergic opioid mechanisms. It has also been demonstrated that …

The influence of a dopaminergic antagonist, metoclopramide (MET), and an agonist,
bromocriptine (BROMO), on reproductive status was examined in female frogs, Rana …

Several studies have demonstrated that the rat isolated mediobasohypothalamus can
release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a pulsatile manner in vitro. We have …

The underlying mechanisms in human infertility associated with hyperprolactinemia have yet
to be established. Hyperprolactinemia is a known side-effect of fluphenazine, a broad …