Glucocorticoids Regulate Kisspeptin Neurons during Stress and Contribute to Infertility and Obesity in Leptin-Deficient Mice
Stressors generate adaptive responses, including transient suppression of reproductive function. Natural selection depends on successful reproduction, but inhibition of reproduction to survive famine or escape predation allows animals to survive to reproduce at a later time. The cellular locations...
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Harvard University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10169 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9453704 |