Estrogen mediates sex differences in preoptic neuropeptide and pituitary hormone production in medaka
Junpei Yamashita et al. use a medaka model to evaluate how neurons in the preoptic area that express the neuropeptides, PACAP and VIP, regulate pituitary hormones. Their results suggest that estrogen helps maintain sex-dependent activity of these neurons, leading to sexually dimorphic pituitary horm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02476-5 |