Beyond leptin: emerging candidates for the integration of metabolic and reproductive function during negative energy balance
Reproductive status is tightly coupled to metabolic state in females, and ovarian cycling in mammals is halted when energy output exceeds energy input, a metabolic condition known as negative energy balance. This inhibition of reproductive function during negative energy balance occurs due to suppr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2011.00053/full |