The Role of KNDy Neurons in Estrogen Modulation of LH Release, Body Weight, and Thermoregulation
Up to 80% of menopausal women suffer from hot flushes, consisting of a coordinated activation of heat loss mechanisms (sweating, cutaneous vasodilatation, etc.). Ovarian steroid withdrawal also leads to hypersecretion of gonadotropins (LH and FSH) and changes in body fat distribution. Because gonad...
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The University of Arizona.
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/223352 |